Examination of selected atmospheric and orographic effects on monthly precipitation of Taiwan using the ASOADeK model

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1171-1181

  Guan, Huade ^a   Hsu, Huang Hsiung ^b   Makhnin, Oleg ^c   Xie, Hongjie ^d   Wilson, John L ^c  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Gauge network; Mountainous terrain; Multivariate regression; Orographic effect; Precipitation distribution; Precipitation mapping; Prevailing wind; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

GAUGE NETWORK; MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN; MULTIVARIATE REGRESSION; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; PRECIPITATION DISTRIBUTION; PRECIPITATION MAPPING; PREVAILING WIND; TAIWAN;

CLIMATOLOGY; FORESTRY; GAGES; MOISTURE; SIGNAL DETECTION;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINGAUGE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

FORESTRY; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; METEOROLOGY; MOISTURE; MOUNTAINS; PRECIPITATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TAIWAN; WIND;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 67649976735     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1762     Document Type: Article

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