Heavy rainfall and southwesterly flow after the leaving of Typhoon Mindulle (2004) from Taiwan

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 17-41

  Chien, Fang Ching ^a   Liu, Yi Chin ^b   Lee, Cheng Shang ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; EVAPORATION; LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; MOISTURE TRANSFER; NUMERICAL METHOD; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; RAINBAND; RAINFALL; TYPHOON;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA; TAIWAN STRAIT;

EID: 43749097875     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.86.17     Document Type: Article

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