Abstract: This paper outlines a rainfall forecasting model involving satellite nephanalyses and certain conventional weather data for application in regions where the rain-bearing clouds are advectional rather than convectional. ...

Abstract: The global distribution of precipitation is an outstanding example of a pattern whose form cannot be deduced very satisfactorily from conventional observational data. Many investigations of the global hydrological cycle ...

Abstract: A method is presented for the automatic construction of a cloud-type and cloud-amount nephanalysis. The uses to which such a nephanalysis could be put are first considered, and then a combination of brightness and texture ...

Abstract: A new empirical algorithm for retrieving rainfall rates from passive microwave (particularly Special Sensor Microwave/Imager) data is presented. Errors caused by spatial and temporal variation of surface temperature, ...

Abstract: As part of the U.S. Agency for International Development/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration project to develop an improved monitoring, forecasting, and simulation system for the river Nile, the Remote Sensing ...