A deep convection event above the Tunuyán Valley near the Andes Mountains

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 132, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 2259-2267

  de la Torre, A ^a   Daniel, V ^b   Tailleux, R ^c   Teitelbaum, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENTHALPY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RADAR; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; WIND;

DEEP CONVECTION; HAIL SUPPRESSION; NONHYDROSTATIC MESOSCALE ATMOSPHERIC MODELS; RADIOSONDE DATA;

HEAT CONVECTION;

CONVECTION; HAIL; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEVERE WEATHER;

ANDES; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 4644328695     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2004)132<2259:ADCEAT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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