A review of remote sensing based actual evapotranspiration estimation

K Zhang, JS Kimball… - Wiley interdisciplinary …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Evapotranspiration is a major component of the global water cycle and provides a critical
nexus between terrestrial water, carbon and surface energy exchanges. Evapotranspiration …

The variable nature of convection in the tropics and subtropics: A legacy of 16 years of the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission satellite

RA Houze Jr, KL Rasmussen, MD Zuluaga… - Reviews of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
For over 16 years, the Precipitation Radar of the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission
(TRMM) satellite detected the three‐dimensional structure of significantly precipitating …

A global high‐resolution mesoscale convective system database using satellite‐derived cloud tops, surface precipitation, and tracking

Z Feng, LR Leung, N Liu, J Wang… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
A new methodology is developed to construct a global (60° S–60° N) long‐term (2000–
2019) high‐resolution (∼ 10‐km h) mesoscale convective system (MCS) database by …

[图书][B] Cloud dynamics

RA Houze Jr - 2014 - books.google.com
As models of the Earth/atmosphere system and observations become ever more
sophisticated, and concerns about climate change and societal impacts of extreme weather …

Mesoscale convective systems

RA Houze Jr - Reviews of Geophysics, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Mesoscale convective systems (MCSs) have regions of both convective and stratiform
precipitation, and they develop mesoscale circulations as they mature. The upward motion …

[HTML][HTML] Precipitation characteristics in eighteen coupled climate models

A Dai - Journal of climate, 2006 - journals.ametsoc.org
Precipitation Characteristics in Eighteen Coupled Climate Models in: Journal of Climate
Volume 19 Issue 18 (2006) Jump to Content Jump to Main Navigation Logo Logo Logo Logo …

Where are the most intense thunderstorms on Earth?

EJ Zipser, DJ Cecil, C Liu, SW Nesbitt… - Bulletin of the …, 2006 - journals.ametsoc.org
The instruments on the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite have been
observing storms as well as rainfall since December 1997. This paper shows the results of a …

100 years of research on mesoscale convective systems

RA Houze Jr - Meteorological Monographs, 2018 - journals.ametsoc.org
When cumulonimbus clouds aggregate, developing into a single entity with precipitation
covering a horizontal scale of hundreds of kilometers, they are called mesoscale convective …

Structure and evolution of mesoscale convective systems: Sensitivity to cloud microphysics in convection‐permitting simulations over the United States

Z Feng, LR Leung, RA Houze Jr… - Journal of Advances …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Regional climate simulations over the continental United States were conducted for the
2011 warm season using the Weather Research and Forecasting model at convection …

Mesoscale convective systems in DYAMOND global convection‐permitting simulations

Z Feng, LR Leung, J Hardin, CR Terai… - Geophysical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
This study examines the deep convection populations and mesoscale convective systems
(MCSs) simulated in the DYAMOND (DYnamics of the atmospheric general circulation …