Upper-tropospheric flow features and the Alps: An overview

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 133, Issue 625 B, 2007, Pages 847-865

  Hoinka, Klaus P ^a   Davies, Huw C ^b  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Heavy precipitation; MAP; PV streamer

Indexed keywords

POTENTIAL VORTICITY; UPPER-TROPOSPHERIC FLOW; WEATHER PREDICTION;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; OPTICAL RADAR; TROPOSPHERE; VORTICITY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

AIRFLOW; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; LIDAR; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 34447640365     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.69     Document Type: Review

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