A review of the initiation of precipitating convection in the United Kingdom

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 132, Issue 617, 2006, Pages 1001-1020

  Bennett, Lindsay J ^a   Browning, Keith A ^b   Blyth, Alan M ^a   Parker, Douglas J ^a   Clark, Peter A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cumulonimbus; Flash flood; Heavy rainfall; Shower; Thunderstorm formation

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLOUDS; FLOODS; HEAT CONVECTION; RAIN; THUNDERSTORMS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CUMULONIMBUS; FLASH FLOOD; HEAVY RAINFALL; SHOWER; THUNDERSTORM FORMATION;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

BOUNDARY LAYER; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; CUMULONIMBUS; FLASH FLOOD; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); RAINFALL; THUNDERSTORM; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33746218766     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.05.54     Document Type: Review

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