A note on propagating rainfall episodes over the Bay of Bengal

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 134, Issue 632, 2008, Pages 787-792

  Liu, Changhai ^a   Moncrieff, Mitchell W ^a   Tuttle, John D ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Diurnal cycle; Organized convection; Warm season precipitation

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; RAIN;

BAY OF BENGAL; COASTAL LANDS; COASTAL REGIONS; COHERENT SYSTEMS; CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS; DIURNAL CYCLE; LIFE-TIMES; ORGANIZED CONVECTION; PROPAGATION SPEEDS; SATELLITE PRECIPITATIONS; WARM SEASON PRECIPITATION; WARM SEASONS;

SHIP STEERING EQUIPMENT;

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; DIURNAL ACTIVITY; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL;

BAY OF BENGAL; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 55349095481     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.246     Document Type: Article

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