Cross-barrier flow during orographic precipitation events: Results from MAP and IMPROVE

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 3580-3598

  Medina, Socorro ^a   Smull, Bradley F ^a   Houze Jr , Robert A ^a   Steiner, Matthias ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOPPLER RADAR; INFRARED IMAGING; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; STORMS; WIND EFFECTS;

BAROCLINIC; CROSS BARRIER FLOW; OROGRAPHIC PRECIPITATION; PRECIPITATION PATTERN; WIND SHEAR;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

AIRFLOW; BAROCLINIC MOTION; FRONTAL FEATURE; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

EID: 27744553490     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3554.1     Document Type: Article

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