Dynamics and microphysics of orographic precipitation during MAP IOP3

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 131, Issue 611, 2005, Pages 2795-2819

  Pujol, Olivier ^a   Georgis, Jean Francois ^a   Chong, Michel ^a   Roux, Frank ^a  

^a OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

Author keywords

Mesoscale Alpine Programme; Orographic precipitating systems; Polarimetry; Radar observations

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER RADAR; FLOW PATTERNS; FUZZY SETS; HEAT CONVECTION; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; POLARIMETERS; THERMODYNAMICS;

MICROPHYSICS; OROGRAPHIC PRECIPITATION; RADAR OBSERVATIONS;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; DOPPLER RADAR; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; LAKE MAGGIORE;

LEMA;

EID: 28144450799     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.04.79     Document Type: Article

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