Two types of precipitation particle distribution in convective cells accompanying a Baiu frontal rainband around Okinawa Island, Japan

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Oue, M ^a   Uyeda, H ^a   Shusse, Y ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CYTOLOGY; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; OCEANOGRAPHY; POLARIMETERS; POLAROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; RADAR; REFLECTION;

CONVECTIVE CELL; CONVECTIVE RAIN; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIFFERENTIAL REFLECTIVITY; GROUND BASED; NUMBER DENSITY; PARTICLE DISTRIBUTIONS; POLARIMETRIC RADARS; POLARIMETRIC VARIABLE; RADAR REFLECTIVITIES; RAIN ZONE; RAINDROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

RAIN;

CORRELATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RADAR IMAGERY; RAINBAND; RAINDROP; REFLECTIVITY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STRATIFORM CLOUD;

JAPAN; OKINAWA ISLAND; OKINAWA ISLANDS; OKINAWA [RYUKYU ISLANDS]; RYUKYU ISLANDS;

EID: 84887828653     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD011957     Document Type: Article

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