Observation and numerical simulation of cloud physical processes associated with torrential rain of the Meiyu front

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 77-96

  Wang, Pengyun ^a   Yang, Jing ^a  

^a STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

Author keywords

Cloud micro physical structure; Meiyu front precipitation; Meso scale numerical simulation; Videosonde

Indexed keywords

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; RAINFALL; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0142199357     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03342052     Document Type: Article

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