Radar climatology of the COPS region

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 137, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages 31-41

  Weckwerth, Tammy M ^a   Wilson, James W ^a   Hagen, Martin ^b   Emerson, Tracy J ^a   Pinto, James O ^a   Rife, Daran L ^a   Grebe, Leslie ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Convection initiation; Convective enhancements; Orographic thunderstorms

Indexed keywords

CONVECTION INITIATION; CONVECTIVE ENHANCEMENTS; DIURNAL CYCLE; FIELD CAMPAIGN; GERMANY; MOUNTAIN REGIONS; MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS; OROGRAPHIC THUNDERSTORMS; QUANTITATIVE PRECIPITATION FORECASTING; RADAR REFLECTIVITIES; SUMMER MONTHS;

CLIMATOLOGY; RADAR; THUNDERSTORMS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

LANDFORMS;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CLIMATOLOGY; HEATING; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADAR; SUMMER; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; THUNDERSTORM; WEATHER FORECASTING;

BADEN-WURTTEMBERG; BLACK FOREST; FRANCE; GERMANY; RHINE VALLEY; SWABIAN ALB; VOSGES [(MNR) FRANCE];

EID: 79951935289     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.747     Document Type: Article

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