Mechanisms for torrential rain associated with the Mei-Yu development during SCSMEX 1998

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 3-27

  Qian, Jian Hua ^a   Tao, Wei Kuo ^a   Lau, K M ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; CLOUDS; CONDENSATION; EVAPORATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RAIN;

SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TORRENTIAL PRECIPITATION; WATER VAPORS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

MONSOON; RAINFALL; TORRENT; WATER VAPOR;

ASIA; EURASIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 1842430867     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2004)132<0003:MFTRAW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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