Characteristics of precipitation features and annual rainfall during the TRMM era in the central Andes

Journal of Climate

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 3982-4001

  Mohr, Karen I ^a   Slayback, Daniel ^b   Yager, Karina ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN GAGES;

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; CLOUD-TOP TEMPERATURES; CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS; CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION; SHALLOW CONVECTION; SURFACE OBSERVATION; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSIONS; UNIVERSITY OF UTAH;

RAIN;

ARID ENVIRONMENT; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; TRMM;

ANDES;

EID: 84901824819     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00592.1     Document Type: Article

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