Hydrologic and atmospheric controls on initiation of convective precipitation events

Water Resources Research

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Juang, Jehn Yih ^a   Porporato, Amilcare ^a,b   Stoy, Paul C ^a   Siqueira, Mario S ^a   Oishi, A Christopher ^a   Detto, Matteo ^c   Kim, Hyun Seok ^a   Katul, Gabriel G ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Duke University   (United States)

^c POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SOIL SURVEYS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION; HYDROLOGICAL TIME SERIES; SLAB MODEL;

HYDROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SOIL SURVEYS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

DECIDUOUS FOREST; MICROMETEOROLOGY; MOISTURE CONTENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SOIL MOISTURE; TIME SERIES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247345719     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006WR004954     Document Type: Article

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