Convective rain cells: Radar-derived spatiotemporal characteristics and synoptic patterns over the eastern Mediterranean

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 15, 2012, Pages

  Peleg, Nadav ^a   Morin, Efrat ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METEOROLOGICAL RADAR;

CELL SEGMENTATION; CONVECTIVE RAIN CELLS; EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN; EMPIRICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; HIGH RESOLUTION; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; NCEP/NCAR; PREFERENTIAL ORIENTATION; RAIN CELLS; RAIN-INTENSITY; RAINFALL INTENSITY; RED SEA; SEA BREEZE; SPATIOTEMPORAL CHARACTERISTICS; TEMPORAL FEATURES; WEATHER RADAR DATA;

RAIN;

COAST; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; RADAR; RAINFALL; RESOLUTION; SATELLITE DATA; SEA BREEZE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; VELOCITY;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 84865518161     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD017353     Document Type: Article

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