Rainfall Reinforcement Associated with Landfalling Tropical Cyclones

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3541-3558

  Dong, Meiying ^a,b,c   Chen, Lianshou ^a   Li, Ying ^a   Lu, Chungu ^d  

^a STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c NONE   (China)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climatology; Latent heating cooling; Rainfall; Statistical techniques; Tropical cyclones

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC; DIAGNOSTIC ANALYSIS; ENERGY SOURCE; ENERGY TRANSPORT; HEAVY RAINFALL; LANDFALLING TROPICAL CYCLONES; LATENT HEATING/COOLING; MIDLATITUDES; RAINFALL; STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPICAL DEPRESSIONS;

CLIMATOLOGY; HURRICANES; LATENT HEAT; REINFORCEMENT; STORMS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; TROPICS;

RAIN;

ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; COOLING; GEOSTATISTICS; HEATING; LATENT HEAT FLUX; POTENTIAL ENERGY; RAINFALL; STORM TRACK; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CHINA;

EID: 78649478511     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JAS3268.1     Document Type: Article

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