Mapping the world's tropical cyclone rainfall contribution over land using the TRMM Multi-satellite Precipitation Analysis

Water Resources Research

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 7236-7254

  Prat, Olivier P ^a   Nelson, Brian R ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC   (United States)

Author keywords

rainfall contribution; remote sensing; tropical cyclones; water budgets

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; ANNUAL RAINFALL; CYCLONIC ACTIVITIES; RAINFALL CONTRIBUTIONS; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSIONS; URBAN AREAS; WATER BUDGET;

BUDGET CONTROL; HURRICANES; RAIN GAGES; REMOTE SENSING;

RAIN;

BASIN; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; LAND SURFACE; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; REMOTE SENSING; TRMM; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WATER BUDGET;

EAST AFRICA; FAR EAST; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTH ASIA; WEST ASIA;

EID: 84887131788     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wrcr.20527     Document Type: Article

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