Evaluation of rainfall retrievals from SEVIRI reflectances over West Africa using TRMM-PR and CMORPH

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 437-451

  Wolters, E L A ^a   Van Den Hurk, B J J M ^a,b   Roebeling, R A ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDED VALUES; CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTERS; CLOUD PARTICLES; CLOUD-TOP TEMPERATURES; COASTAL REGIONS; CONDENSED WATER; CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CUMULATIVE FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION; EFFECTIVE RADIUS; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; METEOSAT SECOND GENERATIONS; MONSOON SEASON; MORPHING TECHNIQUES; NEAR INFRARED; PRECIPITATION PATTERNS; PRECIPITATION PROPERTIES; PRECIPITATION RADAR; RAIN GAUGES; RAIN RATES; RETRIEVED RAIN RATE; SPATIO-TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; SPINNING ENHANCED VISIBLE AND INFRARED IMAGER; THERMAL INFRARED; TROPICAL MONSOON; WEST AFRICA; WEST AFRICAN MONSOON;

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; GAGES; INFRARED RADIATION; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; MONITORING; RAIN GAGES; TROPICS;

RAIN;

ALGORITHM; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CONVECTION; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; METEOSAT; RADAR; RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE; REFLECTANCE; SEASONALITY; SEVIRI; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

WEST AFRICA;

EID: 79551695707     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-15-437-2011     Document Type: Article

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