Precipitation structures of a thermal convective system happened in the central western subtropical Pacific anticyclone

Acta Meteorologica Sinica

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 232-243

  Fu, Yunfei ^a,b   Feng, Jingyi ^c   Zhu, Hongfang ^c   Li, Rui ^b   Liu, Dong ^b  

^a NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^c Weather Observatory Station in Anhui   (China)

Author keywords

Subtropical anticyclone; Thermal convective system (TCS); TRMM PR an IR

Indexed keywords

ANTICYCLONE; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; THERMAL CONVECTION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SUBTROPICAL);

EID: 33748430029     PISSN: 08940525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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