A numerical study on the effects of Taiwan topography on a convective line during the Mei-Yu season

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 133, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 3217-3242

  Wang, Chung Chieh ^a,b   Chen, George Tai Jen ^c   Chen, Tzu Chin ^c   Tsuboki, Kazuhisa ^d  

^a JINWEN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINESE CULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOPPLER RADAR; HEAT CONVECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POTENTIAL ENERGY; RAIN; WIND;

CLOUD-RESOLVING STORM SIMULATOR (CRESS); CONVECTIVE AVAILABLE POTENTIAL ENERGY (CAPE); TAIWAN; TOPOGRAPHY;

METEOROLOGY;

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; RAINFALL; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 28944432418     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR3028.1     Document Type: Article

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