Orographic influence on deep convection: Case study and sensitivity experiments

Meteorologische Zeitschrift

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 215-223

  Davolio, S ^a   Buzzi, A ^a   Malguzzi, P ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES AND CLIMATE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT CONVECTION; LANDFORMS; METEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT;

EID: 33646018000     PISSN: 09412948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0941-2948/2006/0118     Document Type: Article

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