Characteristics of summer convective systems initiated over the Tibetan plateau. Part I: Origin, track, development, and precipitation

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2679-2695

  Li, Yaodong ^a   Wang, Yun ^a   Song, Yang ^b,d,e   Hu, Liang ^a   Gao, Shouting ^a   Fu, Rong ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

^e NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRUSHLESS DC MOTORS; CLIMATOLOGY; DATABASE SYSTEMS; HEATING; LANDFORMS; LIFE CYCLE; METEOROLOGY; RAIN GAGES;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATIONS; BASIC CHARACTERISTICS; CONVECTIVE INTENSITIES; CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS; DEEP CONVECTIONS; DIURNAL VARIATIONS; INTERNATIONAL SATELLITE CLOUD CLIMATOLOGY PROJECTS; LIFE SPANS; MOVING COMPONENTS; TIBETAN PLATEAUX; TOTAL PRECIPITATIONS; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSIONS;

RAIN;

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SUMMER;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 57749184751     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JAMC1695.1     Document Type: Article

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