Small-scale variability of orographic precipitation in the Alps: Case studies and semi-idealized numerical simulations

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 133, Issue 628, 2007, Pages 1701-1716

  Zängl, Guenther ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

High resolution numerical modelling; Seeder feeder mechanism; Small scale precipitation patterns

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; HYDROMETERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN GAGES; STATISTICS; WIND;

HIGH-RESOLUTION NUMERICAL MODELLING; PRECIPITATION PATTERN; SEEDER-FEEDER MECHANISM; WIND DIRECTION;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINGAUGE;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 36749010305     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.163     Document Type: Article

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