A diagnostic study of heavy rainfall in Karachi due to merging of a mesoscale low and a diffused tropical depression during South Asian summer monsoon

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 375-391

  Rasul, Ghulam ^a,b,c   Chaudhry, Qamar Uz Zaman ^a   Zhao, Sixiong ^b   Zeng, Qingcun ^b   Qi, Linlin ^b   Zhang, Gaoying ^b  

^a Meteorological Service of Pakistan   (Pakistan)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Cross latitude influence; Heavy downpour; Mesoscale low; Tropical depression

Indexed keywords

EID: 20344380911     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02918751     Document Type: Article

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