• Infrared and passive microwave satellite rainfall estimate over tropics 

    Saw, Bun Liong (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)
    Precipitation is an important but highly variable atmospheric parameter. Existing rain gauge networks and weather radar cannot provide the temporal and spatial coverage that is needed to monitor it sufficiently. Thus, ...
  • The massive tornado outbreak of May 2003 

    Kunz, Andrew Ryan (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)
    In May of 2003, 516 tornadoes touched down in the central portion of the United States, which is a record for the most tornadoes for any single month. There were fourteen deaths associated with those tornadoes that touched ...