Effect of stable layer formation over the Po Valley on the development of convection during MAP IOP-8

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2567-2584

  Reeves, Heather Dawn ^a   Lin, Yuh Lang ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

CELLULAR CONVECTION; INTENSIVE OBSERVATION PERIOD; MOIST INSTABILITY; STABLE LAYER STRENGTH;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LEE WAVE; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY;

APENNINES; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; PO VALLEY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33750583532     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3759.1     Document Type: Article

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