Statistical location and timing of the convective lines off the mountainous coast of southeastern Taiwan from long-term radar observations

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 136, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 5077-5094

  Yu, Cheng Ku ^a   Lin, Che Yu ^a  

^a CHINESE CULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW CHARACTERISTICS; NEAR SHORES; PHYSICAL MECHANISMS; RADAR OBSERVATIONS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL CHARACTERISTICS; STATISTICAL DIFFERENCES; TERRAIN FEATURES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; DOPPLER RADAR; MINES; SPACE TIME ADAPTIVE PROCESSING; TIME MEASUREMENT;

LANDFORMS;

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; DOPPLER RADAR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TERRAIN;

ASIA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GREAT BARRIER REEF; GREEN ISLAND [GREAT BARRIER REEF]; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND; TAIWAN;

EID: 64149127804     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008MWR2555.1     Document Type: Article

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