Numerical simulations of a heavy rainfall case in South China

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 128-138

  Lou, Xiaofeng ^a,b   Hu, Zhijin ^b   Shi, Yueqin ^b   Wang, Pengyun ^b   Zhou, Xiuji ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

Author keywords

Microphysics processes; Non hydrostatic atmospheric model; Rain mechanism

Indexed keywords

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; FORMATION MECHANISM; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; SEVERE WEATHER;

(SOUTH); CHINA;

EID: 0142199356     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03342057     Document Type: Article

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