The influence of terrain on the tropical rainfall potential technique in Taiwan

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 785-799

  Liu, Chung Chih ^a  

^a MINGHSIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATED RAINFALL; GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATIONS; LAND AREAS; RAINFALL PATTERNS; TROPICAL RAINFALL POTENTIALS;

GRAPHIC METHODS; HURRICANES; OCEANOGRAPHY;

RAIN;

ALGORITHM; ESTIMATION METHOD; RAINFALL; STORM TRACK; TERRAIN; TYPHOON; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 69949135331     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008WAF2222135.1     Document Type: Article

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