Radar observations of the diurnally forced offshore convective lines along the southeastern coast of Taiwan

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 133, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1613-1636

  Yu, Cheng Ku ^a   Jou, Ben Jong Dao ^b  

^a CHINESE CULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; COASTAL ZONES; DOPPLER RADAR; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

COASTAL WEATHER; MESOSCALE PHENOMENON; OFFSHORE CONVECTIVE LINES;

METEOROLOGY;

CONVECTION; DIURNAL VARIATION; RADAR IMAGERY;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN; WORLD;

EID: 24944556833     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR2937.1     Document Type: Article

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