Evaluation of mesoscale convective systems in South America using multiple satellite products and an object-based approach

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Demaria, E M C ^a   Rodriguez, D A ^b   Ebert, E E ^c   Salio, P ^d   Su, F ^e   Valdes, J B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^c Bureau of Meteorology Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research   (Australia)

^d Centro de Investigacion del Mar y la Atmosfera   (Argentina)

^e University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERRORS; NEURAL NETWORKS; RAIN GAGES; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; SPACE SHUTTLES; STORMS; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; AUSTRAL SUMMERS; BIAS CORRECTION; CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTERS; ERROR DECOMPOSITION; FINE STRUCTURES; GROUND OBSERVATIONS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; MACRO SCALE; MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; MORPHING TECHNIQUES; MULTIPLE SATELLITES; NOISY MEASUREMENTS; OBJECT BASED; PERSIANN; PRECIPITATION ESTIMATION FROM REMOTELY SENSED INFORMATION; RAINFALL RATES; RIVER BASINS; SATELLITE PRECIPITATION; SATELLITE PRODUCTS; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH AMERICA; SPATIAL LOCATION; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASUREMENT MISSIONS; VERIFICATION METHOD;

RAIN;

CLIMATE PREDICTION; ERROR ANALYSIS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; NOISE; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STORM; STREAMFLOW;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 79955069663     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD015157     Document Type: Article

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