Investigation of orographic effects on two heavy rainfall events over southwestern Taiwan during the Mei-yu season

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 73, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 101-130

  Chen, Ching Sen ^a   Chen, Wan Chin ^a   Chen, Yi Leng ^b   Lin, Pay Liam ^a   Lai, Hsin Chih ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c CHANG JUNG CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Heavy rainfall; Mei yu; Orographic effects

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; METEOROLOGY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

MESOSCALE MODELS; OROGRAPHIC EFFECTS; RAINFALL ACCUMULATION;

RAIN;

EXTREME EVENT; MODELING; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; RAINFALL; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN; WORLD;

EID: 10644240626     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2004.07.005     Document Type: Article

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