Factors governing cellular convection in orographic precipitation

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 682-698

  Kirshbaum, Daniel J ^a   Durran, Dale R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; RAIN; WETTING; WIND STRESS;

CELLULAR CONVECTION; OROGRAPHIC PRECIPITATION; TOPOGRAPHY;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

CONVECTIVE CLOUD; NUMERICAL MODEL; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

EID: 1842783255     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2004)061<0682:FGCCIO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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