Soil moisture variability and its influence on convective precipitation over complex terrain

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 137, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages 42-56

  Hauck, Christian ^a,b   Barthlott, Christian ^a   Krauss, Liane ^a   Kalthoff, Norbert ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Black Forest; Convection initiation; COPS; COSMO model; Soil moisture monitoring network

Indexed keywords

BLACK FOREST; CONVECTION INITIATION; COPS; COSMO MODEL; SOIL MOISTURE MONITORING NETWORK;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; LANDFORMS; MICROWAVE MEASUREMENT; MOISTURE CONTROL; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL SURVEYS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSOR; SOIL MOISTURE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

BADEN-WURTTEMBERG; BLACK FOREST; GERMANY;

EID: 79951908371     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.766     Document Type: Article

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