Microphysical processes and synergistic interaction between frontal and orographic forcing of precipitation during the 13 December 2001 IMPROVE-2 event over the Oregon Cascades

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 3493-3519

  Woods, Christopher P ^a   Stoelinga, Mark T ^a   Locatelli, John D ^a   Hobbs, Peter V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; DOPPLER RADAR; RADAR MEASUREMENT; RADIOMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; STORMS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

FRONTAL PRECIPITATION; MICROPHYSICAL PROCESSES; OROGRAPHIC PRECIPITATION;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD WATER; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); STORM;

CASCADE RANGE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 27744472132     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3550.1     Document Type: Article

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