Dimension characteristics and precipitation efficiency of cumulonimbus clouds in the region far south from the Mei-Yu front over the eastern Asian continent

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 134, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1942-1953

  Shusse, Yukari ^a,b   Tsuboki, Kazuhisa ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; RAIN; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; VAPORS;

AREA TIME INTEGRAL; CUMULONIMBUS CLOUDS; PRECIPITATION EFFICIENCY; WATER VAPOR;

CLOUDS;

CLOUD; CUMULONIMBUS; FRONT; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; WATER VAPOR;

CITRUS MAXIMA;

EID: 33746869626     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR3159.1     Document Type: Article

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