Orographic enhancement of precipitation over low mountain ranges. Part I: Model formulation and idealized simulations

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1025-1040

  Kunz, Michael ^a   Kottmeier, Christoph ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVAPORATION; LANDFORMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WIND EFFECTS;

AMBIENT CONDITIONS; FROUDE NUMBER; HYDROMETEOR DRIFTING; OROGRAPHIC PRECIPITATION;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

AMBIENT AIR; CONDENSATION; EVAPORATION; FROUDE NUMBER; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; MOISTURE FLUX; MOUNTAIN REGION; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

EID: 33749381627     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAM2389.1     Document Type: Article

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