A numerical study of a mesoscale convective system over the Taiwan Strait

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 131, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1150-1170

  Zhang, Qing Hong ^a,b   Lau, Kai Hon ^c   Kuo, Ying Hwa ^b   Chen, Shou Jun ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; JETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN;

MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS (MCS);

STORMS;

ATMOSPHERIC FRONT; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY;

TAIWAN STRAIT;

EID: 0037832219     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2003)131<1150:ANSOAM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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