Basic characteristics of post-frontal shower precipitation rates

Meteorologische Zeitschrift

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 793-805

  Weusthoff, Tanja ^a   Hauf, Thomas ^b  

^a FEDERAL OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY METEOSWISS   (Switzerland)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL NUMBER; DIURNAL CYCLE; EULERIAN; FRONTAL PRECIPITATION; INDIVIDUAL CELLS; LAGRANGIAN; LIFE-TIMES; MEAN-WINDS; PRECIPITATION PROCESS; PRECIPITATION RATES; RAIN RATES; SINE FUNCTIONS; TEMPORAL DEVELOPMENT; TYPE ANALYSIS; WEATHER SERVICES; WIND FIELD;

CELL MEMBRANES; TIME SERIES;

RAIN;

CHAOTIC DYNAMICS; DIURNAL VARIATION; EULERIAN ANALYSIS; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE; WIND DIRECTION; WIND FIELD;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 63049115365     PISSN: 09412948     EISSN: 16101227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0941-2948/2008/0335     Document Type: Article

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