Orographic effects on rainfall in MAP cases IOP 2b and IOP 8

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 129, Issue 588 PART B (MAP), 2003, Pages 373-390

  Rotunno, Richard ^a   Ferretti, Rossella ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Blocking; Mesoscale Alpine Programme; Orographic rain

Indexed keywords

AIR; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; RAIN; WETTING;

OROGRAPHIC EFFECTS;

METEOROLOGY;

AIRFLOW; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL;

ITALY; LAKE MAGGIORE; LOMBARDY;

EID: 0242432332     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.02.20     Document Type: Article

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