Observed recent trends in tropical cyclone rainfall over the North Atlantic and the North Pacific

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Lau, William K M ^a   Zhou, Y P ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HURRICANES; OCEANOGRAPHY; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; STORMS;

GLOBAL PRECIPITATION CLIMATOLOGY PROJECTS; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTH PACIFIC; OCEAN BASINS; RAINFALL DATA; RECENT TRENDS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; STORM INTENSITY; STORM TRACK; TOTAL RAINFALL; TRACK DATA; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASUREMENT MISSIONS; VERTICAL WIND SHEAR; WARNING CENTERS;

RAIN;

MARINE ATMOSPHERE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PROBABILITY; RAINSTORM; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; TREND ANALYSIS; TRMM; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WIND SHEAR;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84863052053     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD016510     Document Type: Article

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