The characterisation of orographic rainfall

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 105-119

  Gray, W R ^a   Seed, A W ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADAR; RAIN GAGES;

ENHANCEMENT MECHANISM; EXPERIMENTAL CAMPAIGN; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH RESOLUTION RADAR; OROGRAPHIC ENHANCEMENT; OROGRAPHIC RAINFALLS; PRECIPITATION ESTIMATION; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS;

RAIN;

AIRFLOW; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; MOUNTAIN REGION; OROGRAPHY; RADAR ALTIMETRY; RAINFALL; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; WIND FIELD;

EID: 0009853551     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1350482700001559     Document Type: Article

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