Progress on the theory of orographic precipitation

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 398, Issue , 2006, Pages 1-16

  Smith, Ronald B ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clouds; Mountains; Orographic precipitation; Rain

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; RAIN GAGES;

AIRFLOW DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC DISTURBANCE; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; MOUNTAINS; OROGRAPHIC PRECIPITATION; PRECIPITATION PATTERNS; THRESHOLD BEHAVIOR; WATER VAPOR FLUX;

RAIN;

AIRFLOW; CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUD; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; OROGRAPHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TERRAIN; THRESHOLD; WATER VAPOR;

OREGON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 72249100550     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2006.2398(01)     Document Type: Article

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