Observations and modeling of banded orographic convection

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1463-1479

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RADAR IMAGING; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

OROGRAPHIC CONVECTION; OROGRAPHIC RAINBANDS; QUASI-STATIONARY BANDED FORMATIONS;

HEAT CONVECTION;

CONVECTION; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

EID: 20444450435     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3417.1     Document Type: Article

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