Rainfall distribution in the Andes of southern Ecuador derived from blending weather radar data and meteorological field observations

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 277-289

  Rollenbeck, Rütger ^a   Bendix, Jörg ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Andes; Calibration; Climatology; Precipitation; Radar

Indexed keywords

AMAZON BASIN; ANDES; ATMOSPHERIC PROCESS; CIRCULATION PATTERNS; COMPLEX PATTERN; CONVECTIVE CLOUDS; COST-EFFICIENT; ECUADOR; GEOSTATISTICAL TOOLS; HIGH RESOLUTION; HUMID AIR; KATABATIC FLOW; LONG DURATION; LOW LEVEL JET; MESOSCALE; METEOROLOGICAL FIELDS; MOISTURE TRANSPORT; NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICES; OPERATIONAL NETWORK; PRECIPITATION; PRESSURE CELL; RAIN GAUGES; RAIN RADAR; RAINFALL DISTRIBUTION; SINGLE MECHANISMS; SPACE AND TIME; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; STUDY AREAS; TIME-SCALES; WEATHER RADAR DATA;

BLENDING; CALIBRATION; CLIMATOLOGY; GAGES; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; RADAR;

RAIN;

AIR MASS; CALIBRATION; CLIMATOLOGY; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; DRIZZLE; GEOSTATISTICS; HUMID TROPICS; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; RADAR; RAINFALL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

AMAZON BASIN; ECUADOR;

EID: 78650772403     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2010.10.018     Document Type: Article

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