Rain on small tropical islands

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Sobel, A H ^a,c   Burleyson, C D ^b   Yuter, S E ^b  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; SPACE SHUTTLES; TROPICS;

ANNUAL MEAN; DIURNAL CYCLE; HIGH RESOLUTION; MARITIME CONTINENT; OROGRAPHIC EFFECTS; OROGRAPHIC ENHANCEMENT; OROGRAPHIC PRECIPITATION; PRECIPITATION RADAR; SURFACE HEATING; TOTAL RAINFALL; TROPICAL ISLAND; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSIONS; UPSLOPE FLOWS;

RAIN;

CLIMATOLOGY; DIURNAL VARIATION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; ISLAND; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RADAR; RAINFALL; RESOLUTION; TOPOGRAPHY; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 79955070489     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD014695     Document Type: Article

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