Case study of an unusually heavy rain event over eastern Taiwan during the mei-yu season

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 320-337

  Yeh, Hsi Chyi ^a   Chen, George Tai Jen ^b  

^a ALETHEIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEATING; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; RAIN; STORMS; WIND EFFECTS;

OROGRAPHIC LIFT; RETROGRESSION; SHALLOW SUBSIDENCE;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

FRONTAL FEATURE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; TORRENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 1842535121     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2004)132<0320:CSOAUH>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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