Signature of microphysics on spatial rainfall statistics

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 14, 2011, Pages

  Parodi, A ^a   Foufoula Georgiou, E ^b   Emanuel, K ^c  

^a CIMA Research Foundation ^*  (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DROPS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RADAR; RADAR MEASUREMENT; REFLECTION; STATISTICS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC MODEL; CONVECTIVE RAIN CELLS; DESCRIPTORS; DOWN-SCALING; DROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION; DUAL FREQUENCY; HIGH RESOLUTION SIMULATIONS; MICROPHYSICS; MULTI-SCALE STRUCTURES; MULTISCALES; PARAMETERIZED; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; POWER-SPECTRA; RADAR REFLECTIVITIES; RADIATIVE-CONVECTIVE EQUILIBRIUM; RAIN RATES; RAINFALL FIELDS; RAINFALL INTENSITY; SATELLITE MEASUREMENTS; SCALING PARAMETER; SPACEBORNE RADAR; SPATIAL RAINFALL; STATISTICAL VARIABILITY; TERMINAL VELOCITY; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODELS;

RAIN;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; DOWNSCALING; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINDROP; REFLECTIVITY; RESEARCH WORK; SATELLITE DATA; SIR; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STORM; THERMODYNAMICS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 79960910834     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD015124     Document Type: Article

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