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Storm Morphology and Rainfall Characteristics of TRMM Precipitation Features

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Author	Nesbitt, Stephen W. Cifelli, Robert Rutledge, S. Teven A.
Copyright Year	2006
Abstract	Abstract Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Precipitation Radar (PR), TRMM Microwave Imager (TMI), and Visible and Infrared Scanner (VIRS) observations within the Precipitation Feature (PF) database have been analyzed to examine regional variability in rain area and maximum horizontal extent of rainfall features, and role of storm morphology on rainfall production (and thus modes where vertically integrated heating occurs). Particular attention is focused on the sampling geometry of the PR and the resulting impact on PF statistics across the global Tropics. It was found that 9% of rain features extend to the edge of the PR swath, with edge features contributing 42% of total rainfall. However, the area (maximum dimension) distribution of PR features is similar to the wider-swath TMI up until a truncation point of nearly 30 000 km2 (250 km), so a large portion of the feature size spectrum may be examined using the PR as with past ground-based studies. This study finds distinct differences in land an.
Starting Page	2702
Ending Page	2721
Page Count	20
File Format	PDF HTM / HTML
DOI	10.1175/MWR3200.1
Volume Number	134
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Language	English
Access Restriction	Open
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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