Atmospheric factors governing banded orographic convection

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 3758-3774

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

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT CONVECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; WIND EFFECTS;

CLOUD-RESOLVING NUMERICAL MODEL; MOIST FLOWS; SHALLOW OROGRAPHIC CONVECTION; THERMAL PERTURBATIONS; WIND SPEED;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; CONVECTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; RAINBAND;

EID: 20444455997     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3568.1     Document Type: Article

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