Interaction between dynamics and cloud microphysics in orographic precipitation enhancement: A high-resolution modeling study of two north Alpine heavy-precipitation events

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 135, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2817-2840

  Zängl, Günther ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LANDFORMS; RAIN; STORMS; WIND EFFECTS;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; HIGH-RESOLUTION MODELING; OROGRAPHIC PRECIPITATION;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ADVECTION; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CYCLONE; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; MODELING; MOUNTAIN; OROGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; VALLEY;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE; PREALPS;

EID: 34548222165     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR3445.1     Document Type: Article

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