Characteristics of heavy summer rainfall in southwestern Taiwan in relation to orographic effects

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1521-1543

  Chen, Ching Sen ^a   Chen, Wan Chin ^a   Tao, Wei Kuo ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSTABILITY; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; RAINFALL; SUMMER;

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

EID: 13844275396     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.82.1521     Document Type: Article

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