A diagnostic and numerical study on a rainstorm in South China induced by a northward-propagating tropical system

Acta Meteorologica Sinica

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 284-302

  Zhao, Yuchun ^a,b   Li, Zechun ^c   Xiao, Ziniu ^c  

^a NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^b Wuhan Central Meteorological Observatory   (China)

^c NATIONAL SATELLITE METEOROLOGICAL CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Mesoscale convective system (MCS); Mesoscale vortex; Potential vorticity inversion; Rainstorm in South China; Topography

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; INVERSE ANALYSIS; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; RAINSTORM; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SHEAR FLOW; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VORTEX FLOW; WIND FORCING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 58049200301     PISSN: 08940525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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