Toward a global map of raindrop size distributions. Part I: Rain-type classification and its implications for validating global rainfall products

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 831-849

  L'Ecuyer, Tristan S ^a   Kummerow, Christian ^a   Berg, Wesley ^a  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FORCING; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINDROP; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 9444249809     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1525-7541(2004)005<0831:TAGMOR>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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