Statistics of heavy rainfall occurrences in Taiwan

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 981-1002

  Chen, Ching Sen ^a   Chen, Yi Leng ^b   Liu, Che Ling ^a   Lin, Pay Liam ^a   Chen, Wan Chin ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; RAIN; STATISTICS; STORMS; WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC STRATIFICATION; MONSOON FLOW; STORM CIRCULATION;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; AUTUMN; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; DIURNAL VARIATION; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; MONSOON; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; RAINFALL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STORM TRACK; SUMMER; TELEMETRY; TYPHOON; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

CITRUS MAXIMA;

EID: 35948935119     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/WAF1033.1     Document Type: Article

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