Distant effects of a recurving tropical cyclone on rainfall in a midlatitude convective system: A high-impact predecessor rain event

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 650-667

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

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Mesoscale systems; Numerical weather prediction; Rainfall; Sensitivity studies; Tropical cyclones

Indexed keywords

MESO-SCALE SYSTEMS; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION; RAINFALL; SENSITIVITY STUDIES; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOOD CONTROL; HURRICANES; LAKES; MOISTURE; RESEARCH; STORMS; TROPICS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

RAIN;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; FLOODING; JET; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL METHOD; RAINFALL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; GREAT PLAINS; MINNESOTA; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 79953181671     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010MWR3453.1     Document Type: Article

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