Radar observations of intense orographic precipitation associated with typhoon Xangsane (2000)

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 497-521

  Yu, Cheng Ku ^a   Cheng, Lin Wen ^a  

^a CHINESE CULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOPPLER RADAR; LANDFORMS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

HYDROMETEORS; OROGRAPHIC PRECIPITATION;

STORMS;

ACCUMULATION; DOPPLER RADAR; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; MOUNTAIN REGION; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OROGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; TYPHOON;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 44449110034     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007MWR2129.1     Document Type: Article

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