Evaluation of TMPA 3B42 daily precipitation estimates of tropical cyclone rainfall over Australia

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 11,966-11,978

  Chen, Yingjun ^a   Ebert, Elizabeth E ^b   Walsh, Kevin J E ^a   Davidson, Noel E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

hurricane; hydrometeor; satellite; TRMM; typhoon; validation

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; HURRICANES; RAIN GAGES; SATELLITES; SOIL MOISTURE; STORMS; TROPICS;

CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION ANALYSIS; HYDROMETEOR; OVERALL CHARACTERISTICS; ROOT-MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; TRMM; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSIONS; VALIDATION;

RAIN;

DIURNAL VARIATION; HYDROMETRY; MODEL VALIDATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; TRMM; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPICAL REGION;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84889855014     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JD020319     Document Type: Article

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