Radar studies of heavy convective rainfall in mountainous terrain

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 104, Issue D24, 1999, Pages 31451-31465

  Landel, Gregoire ^a   Smith, James A ^a   Baeck, Mary Lynn ^a   Steiner, Matthias ^a   Ogden, Fred L ^b  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROMETEOROLOGY; MOUNTAIN REGION; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; RADAR IMAGERY; RAINFALL;

BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033611393     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JD900297     Document Type: Article

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