The effect of upstream convection on downstream precipitation

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 255-277

  Mahoney, Kelly M ^a   Lackmann, Gary M ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; JETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION MODEL; QUANTITATIVE PRECIPITATION FORECAST;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

CONVECTION; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; MOISTURE TRANSFER; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34249041206     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/WAF986.1     Document Type: Article

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