Probing the precipitation life cycle by iterative rain cell tracking

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 24, 2013, Pages 13,361-13,370

  Moseley, Christopher ^a,b   Berg, Peter ^c   Haerter, Jan O ^d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Clausius Clapeyron relation; convective life cycle; extreme precipitation; radar analysis; rain cell tracking

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CYTOLOGY; ITERATIVE METHODS; LIFE CYCLE; RADAR; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

CLAUSIUS CLAPEYRON RELATION; CONVECTIVE RAIN CELLS; EXTREME PRECIPITATION; MOVING REFERENCE FRAME; PRECIPITATION EXTREMES; RADAR ANALYSIS; RAIN CELLS; SURFACE TEMPERATURES;

RAIN;

CONVERGENCE; DATA SET; DISSIPATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; LIFE CYCLE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 84892502513     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JD020868     Document Type: Article

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