Estimation of rain intensity spectra over the continental United States using ground radar-gauge measurements

Journal of Climate

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1901-1915

  Lin, Xin ^a,b   Hou, Arthur Y ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Precipitation; Rainfall

Indexed keywords

DETECTION CAPABILITY; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATIONS; HEAVY RAIN EVENT; HIGH RESOLUTION; HORIZONTAL RESOLUTION; MODEL OUTPUTS; PASSIVE MICROWAVE SENSORS; PIXEL SIZE; PRECIPITATION RADAR; QUANTITATIVE ESTIMATION; RAIN EVENTS; RAIN RATES; RAIN-INTENSITY; SATELLITE MEASUREMENTS; SATELLITE SENSORS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPACE-BORNE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION;

ESTIMATION; INFILTRATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SOIL MOISTURE;

RAIN;

NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADAR; RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE; SATELLITE SENSOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84858592278     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00151.1     Document Type: Article

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