Formation of the convective lines off the mountainous coast of southeastern Taiwan: A case study of 3 January 2004

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 137, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 3072-3091

  Yu, Cheng Ku ^a   Hsieh, Ying Hsun ^a  

^a CHINESE CULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOCKED FLOW; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; CONVECTIVE AVAILABLE POTENTIAL ENERGIES; MESOSCALE; MOIST CONVECTION; NEARSHORES; OFFSHORE FLOWS; ONSHORE FLOW; OROGRAPHIC FORCING; QUIKSCAT; SEA BREEZE; WEATHER CONDITIONS;

DOPPLER RADAR; MINES;

LANDFORMS;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; DOPPLER RADAR; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; MOUNTAIN REGION; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; SEA BREEZE; SQUALL LINE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 70350746650     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009MWR2867.1     Document Type: Article

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