A modeling case study of heavy rainstorms along the Mei-Yu front

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 126, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2330-2351

  Chen, Shou Jun ^a,b   Kuo, Ying Hwa ^a   Wang, Wei ^a   Tao, Zu Yu ^a,b   Cui, Bo ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Chinese Meteorology Administration   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; FRONT; RAINSTORM;

CHINA;

EID: 0032450232     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1998)126<2330:AMCSOH>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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