Observational analysis of heavy rainfall mechanisms associated with severe tropical storm Bilis (2006) after its landfall

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 137, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1881-1897

  Gao, Shuanzhu ^a   Meng, Zhiyong ^b   Zhang, Fuqing ^c   Bosart, Lance F ^d  

^a NATIONAL SATELLITE METEOROLOGICAL CENTER   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL AREA; DEEP MOIST CONVECTION; FUJIAN PROVINCE; GUANGDONG PROVINCE; HEAVY RAINFALL; JIANGXI; OBSERVATIONAL ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; SEVERE TROPICAL STORM; SOUTH CHINA SEA; SOUTHERN CHINA; THREE STAGES; VERTICAL WIND SHEAR; WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC; ZHEJIANG PROVINCE;

COASTAL ZONES; LANDFORMS; OCEAN CURRENTS; STORMS;

RAIN;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; FRONTOGENESIS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; SEVERE WEATHER; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WIND SHEAR;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 68249138414     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008MWR2669.1     Document Type: Article

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