The effects of a river valley on an isolated cumulonimbus cloud development

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 66, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 123-139

  Ćurić, Mladjen ^a   Janc, Dejan ^a   Vujović, Dragana ^a   Vǔcković, Vladan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Cell regeneration; Cumulonimbus development; Mesoscale model; Orography effects; River valley effects

Indexed keywords

AIRFLOW; COLD AIR; CUMULONIMBUS; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; VALLEY;

SERBIA; YUGOSLAVIA;

EID: 0037369963     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-8095(02)00144-8     Document Type: Article

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