Abstract: Methods of optimizing the Lovejoy and Austin technique to delineate areas of precipitation using visible and infrared satellite data are investigated. The technique involves training the satellite data by correlation with ...

Abstract: In this paper, a simple objective method for recognizing and correcting the effects of the radar bright band in weather radar images is presented. The method is based upon the finding that area-average rainfall rate can ...

Abstract: The relationship between precipitation and infrared and visible satellite data is investigated in the vicinity of the United Kingdom. The investigation uses histograms of Meteosat data, built up from many half-hourly fields, ...

Abstract: urface tracks of some cross-Taiwan tropical cyclones were discontinuous as a result of the blockage of the north-northeast?south-southwest-oriented Central Mountain Range (CMR). This paper tries to identify the variables ...

Abstract: An internal crack is a common defect which can lead to failure of the material. There are few published studies which can quantitatively predict healed fractions under given conditions such as temperature, pressure and ...

Abstract: Drought-stricken areas of Central America and Mexico were victimized in 1998 by forest and brush fires that burned out of control during much of the first half of the year. Wind currents at various times during the episode ...