Predecessor rain events ahead of tropical cyclones

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 138, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 3272-3297

  Galarneau Jr , Thomas J ^a   Bosart, Lance F ^a   Schumacher, Russ S ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC ZONES; CASE STUDY ANALYSIS; COMPOSITE ANALYSIS; ENTRANCE REGION; HEAVY RAINFALL; INLAND FLOODING; LAKE MICHIGAN; MESOSCALE; MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; MINNESOTA; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; QUASI-STATIONARY; RAIN EVENTS; RAINFALL RATES; SYNOPTIC CLIMATOLOGY; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WEATHER EVENTS;

CLIMATOLOGY; HURRICANES; LAKES; MOISTURE; STORMS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TROPICS;

RAIN;

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; JET STREAM; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE MICHIGAN; MINNESOTA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955574083     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010MWR3243.1     Document Type: Article

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