Title :
Variations in the convective rain fraction observed by the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Precipitation Radar (PR)
Author :
Kelley, Owen A. ; Stout, John ; Kwiatkowski, John ; Bacmeister, Julio
Author_Institution :
TRMM Sci. Data & Inf. Syst., NASA, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Abstract :
Using a data clustering method, monthly statistics are calculated from rain rate estimates of the TRMM Precipitation Radar. The statistics show how the following variables change with the size of a rain event: convective rain rate, total rain rate, and convective rain fraction. On average, the convective rain fraction is found to be greatest for small mesoscale events covering 103 km2, while rain rate increases monotonically with the size of the rain event.
Keywords :
rain; AD 1999 09; TRMM PR; convective rain fraction; convective rain rate; data clustering; mesoscale events; monthly statistics; rain event size; rain rate; small events; total rain rate; tropical atmosphere; Clustering methods; Geoscience; Instruments; NASA; Predictive models; Radar measurements; Rain; Space technology; Spaceborne radar; Statistics;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2002. IGARSS '02. 2002 IEEE International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7536-X
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2002.1026430
