Generation processes of mesoscale convective systems following midlatitude troughs around the Sichuan Basin

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Ueno, Kenichi ^a   Sugimoto, Shiori ^a   Koike, Toshio ^b   Tsutsui, Hiroyuki ^b   Xu, Xiangde ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LANDFORMS; SHEAR FLOW; WEATHER FORECASTING;

AIR MASS; CONVECTIVE AVAILABLE POTENTIAL ENERGIES; GENERATION PROCESS; HEAVY PRECIPITATION; HORIZONTAL SHEAR; INDIAN MONSOON; LOW-LEVEL WINDS; MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; METEOSAT; MIDLATITUDES; MONSOON SEASON; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; OBSERVATION DATA; SATELLITE IMAGES; SICHUAN BASIN; SYNOPTIC CONDITIONS; TIBETAN PLATEAU; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECAST MODELS;

STORMS;

AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; METEOSAT; POTENTIAL ENERGY; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; TROUGH; WIND FORCING;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; SICHUAN BASIN;

EID: 79251601927     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD013780     Document Type: Article

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