Improving Quantitative Precipitation Estimation in Complex Terrain Using Cloud-to-Ground Lightning Data

Thunderstorms that occur in areas of complex terrain are a major severe weather hazard in the intermountain western U.S. Short-term quantitative estimation (QPE) of precipitation in complex terrain is a pressing need to better forecast flash flooding. Currently available techniques for QPE, that...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Minjarez-Sosa, Carlos Manuel
Other Authors: Castro, Christopher L.
Language:en
Published: The University of Arizona. 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/293749