Observations and impacts of upstream blocking during a widespread orographic precipitation event

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 129, Issue 588 PART B (MAP), 2003, Pages 391-409

  Bousquet, Olivier ^a   Smull, Bradley F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alps; Barrier jet; Doppler radar; Mesoscale Alpine Programme; Valley flow

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER RADAR; DRAINAGE; FLOW OF FLUIDS; RAIN; THERMODYNAMICS;

RIVER DRAINAGES;

METEOROLOGY;

AIRFLOW; ATMOSPHERIC BLOCKING; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

ALPS; EUROPE;

EID: 0037252623     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.02.49     Document Type: Article

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