Torrential rainfall processes associated with a landfall of severe tropical storm Bilis (2006): A two-dimensional cloud-resolving modeling study

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 94-104

  Wang, Donghai ^a,b   Li, Xiaofan ^c   Tao, Wei Kuo ^d   Liu, Ying ^a   Zhou, Haiguang ^a  

^a STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

^b SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^c OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloud precipitation microphysical processes; Cloud resolving simulation; Severe tropical storm; Surface rainfall processes

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; CLOUDS; DEWATERING; RAIN; STIMULATED EMISSION; VAPORS; WATER VAPOR;

CONVECTIVE CLOUDS; CONVERGENCE RATES; DO-MAINS; MODEL SIMULATIONS; MODELING STUDIES; RAIN RATES; SEVERE TROPICAL STORM; SIMULATION DOMAINS; STRATIFORM CLOUDS; TORRENTIAL RAINFALLS; TROPICAL STORMS; VERTICAL VELOCITIES; ZONAL WINDS;

TWO DIMENSIONAL;

ADVECTION; AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; RAINFALL; STORM; STRATIFORM CLOUD; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 56949106202     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2008.07.005     Document Type: Article

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