Relationships between the raindrop size distribution and properties of the environment and clouds inferred from TRMM

Journal of Climate

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2963-2978

  Munchak, S Joseph ^a,b   Kummerow, Christian D ^c   Elsaesser, Gregory ^c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate classification regimes; Drop size distribution; Principal components analysis

Indexed keywords

BACKGROUND ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE CLASSIFICATION/REGIMES; COLD FRONT; CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS; DEEP CONVECTION; DROP SIZE; DROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION; EASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN; EXTRATROPICS; FORMATION PROCESS; FREEZING LEVELS; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; MEAN VALUES; MESOSCALE; MIDLATITUDES; PRECIPITATION PRODUCTS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS ANALYSIS; PROFILE LEVELS; RAINDROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENTS; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSION SATELLITES; TROPICAL REGIONS;

DROPS; MICROCOMPUTERS; RADAR; RADIOMETERS; RAIN; RAIN GAGES; REFLECTION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CLIMATE CLASSIFICATION; CLOUD; COLD FRONT; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RADIOMETER; RAINDROP; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TRMM;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST);

EID: 84859974388     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00274.1     Document Type: Article

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