Mesoscale predictability of mei-yu heavy rainfall

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 438-450

  Liu, Jianyong ^a   Tan, Zhe Min ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Error growth; Mei yu front precipitation; Mesoscale predictability; Scale interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 70849124639     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00376-009-0438-9     Document Type: Article

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