Radar evidence of orographic enhancement due to the seeder feeder mechanism

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 199-206

  Purdy, J C ^a   Austin, G L ^a   Seed, A W ^b   Cluckie, I D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEEDING; RAIN; SNOW;

NEW ZEALAND; OROGRAPHIC ENHANCEMENT; RADAR DATA; RAINFALL DATA; SCANNING RADAR; SIMPLE ANALYSIS; SYNOPTIC CONDITIONS;

RADAR;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; DATA ACQUISITION; OROGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RADAR ALTIMETRY; SNOW; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 27644594368     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: 14698080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1350482705001672     Document Type: Article

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