Precipitation over multiscale terrain

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 321-335

  Jiang, Qingfang ^a  

^a University Corporation for Atmospheric Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRFLOW; CONDENSATION; GRAVITY WAVE; LEE WAVE; MOISTURE FLUX; OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; TERRAIN; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; UPDRAFT;

EID: 34247278758     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: 16000870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0870.2007.00232.x     Document Type: Article

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