Temperature and moist-stability effects on midlatitude Orographic precitation

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 134, Issue 634 A, 2008, Pages 1183-1199

  Kirshbaum, Daniel J ^a,b   Smith, Ronald B ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drying ratio; Microphysics; Orographic convection; Precipitation efficiency

Indexed keywords

DRYING RATIO; MICROPHYSICS; MOIST STABILITY; OROGRAPHIC CONVECTION; PRECIPITATION EFFICIENCY; CLAPEYRON EQUATIONS; CONDENSATION RATES; FLOW PASTS; MOIST STABILITIES; OROGRAPHIC FLOWS; OROGRAPHIC PRECIPITATIONS; PHASE PRECIPITATIONS; PHYSICAL PRINCIPLES; PRECIPITATION EFFICIENCIES; STABLE FLOWS; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; WATER MASSES;

DEWATERING; RAIN;

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CONDENSATION; MOISTURE; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

DEWATERING; MOISTURE; OCEANOGRAPHY;

EID: 50949111185     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.274     Document Type: Article

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