Climatology of precipitation and lightning over the Pacific coast of southern Mexico retrieved from Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission satellite products and World Wide Lightning Location Network data

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2831-2850

  Kucieńska, Beata ^a   Raga, Graciela B ^a   Torres Puente, Victor Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; CLIMATOLOGY; LIGHTNING; RAIN; SATELLITES;

ANTHROPOGENIC AEROSOLS; ELECTRICAL ACTIVITIES; LAND-SEA INTERACTIONS; LIGHTNING ACTIVITY; LIGHTNING IMAGING SENSORS; PRECIPITATION CHARACTERISTICS; SUMMER PRECIPITATION; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSION SATELLITES;

RAIN GAGES;

AEROSOL; CLIMATOLOGY; COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; DIURNAL VARIATION; LAND BREEZE; LIGHTNING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; SATELLITE DATA; SEA BREEZE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRMM;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; OAXACA; PACIFIC COAST [MEXICO]; PACIFIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; SALINA CRUZ;

EID: 84857964313     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2011.621905     Document Type: Article

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