Studying the moisture flux over west of Iran: A case study of January 1 to 7, 1996 rain storm

Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 3023-3030

  Farajzadeh, Manuchehr ^a   Ahmadabad, Mostafa Karimi ^a   Ghaemi, Hooshange ^a   Mobasheri, Mohamad Reza ^b  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b K N TOOSI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Middle East; Moisture flux; Precipitation; Rain storm over Iran; West of Iran

Indexed keywords

MOISTURE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); STORMS; TROPOSPHERE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MIDDLE EAST; MOISTURE FLUXES; MOISTURE SOURCES; RAIN STORMS; SURFACE PRESSURES; WEST OF IRAN; WIND COMPONENTS;

RAIN;

EID: 36849020931     PISSN: 18125654     EISSN: 18125662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2007.3023.3030     Document Type: Article

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