Rainfall contributions from precipitation systems with different sizes, convective intensities, and durations over the tropics and subtropics

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 394-412

  Liu, Chuntao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Convection; Extreme events; Microwave observations; Rainfall; Satellite observations; Subtropics; Tropics

Indexed keywords

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; DIURNAL VARIATION; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; MONSOON; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

EID: 79959638291     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JHM1320.1     Document Type: Article

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