An assessment of satellite-based high resolution precipitation datasets for atmospheric composition studies in the maritime continent

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 122, Issue , 2013, Pages 579-598

  Turk, F Joseph ^a   Xian, Peng ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol; GPM; MODIS; Precipitation; TRMM

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL CONCENTRATION; AEROSOL PROPERTIES; AEROSOL TRANSPORT; AEROSOL TRANSPORT MODEL; CURRENT MODELS; DATA SETS; DIURNAL CYCLE; DIURNAL VARIABILITY; FIRE ACTIVITY; FORMATION MECHANISM; GPM; HIGH RESOLUTION; LAGRANGIAN MODELS; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MARITIME CONTINENT; MODIS; NON-LOCALIZED; PHASE 1; PRECIPITATION EXTREMES; PRECIPITATION PRODUCTS; PRECIPITATION TIME SERIES; REANALYSIS; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SOUTHEAST ASIA; TIME-PERIODS; TRMM; WEATHER PATTERNS;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RADIOMETERS; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AEROSOL PROPERTY; CLOUD; DATA SET; DIURNAL VARIATION; FORMATION MECHANISM; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MODIS; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TRMM;

SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 84873266458     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2012.02.017     Document Type: Article

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