Warm season afternoon thunderstorm characteristics under weak synoptic-scale forcing over Taiwan Island

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 44-60

  Lin, Pin Fang ^a   Chang, Pao Liang ^b   Jou, Ben Jong Dao ^a   Wilson, James W ^c   Roberts, Rita D ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CENTRAL WEATHER BUREAU   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Asia; Forcing; Summer warm season; Synoptic scale processes; Thunderstorms

Indexed keywords

ASIA; AVERAGE DIFFERENCE; DEWPOINT TEMPERATURE; DIURNAL VARIATION; FORCING; LOCAL SOLAR TIME; MAXIMUM FREQUENCY; MOISTURE CONDITIONS; NARROW STRIPS; NORTHERN TAIWAN; NOWCASTING; RADAR REFLECTIVITIES; REAL-TIME OPERATION; SUMMER/WARM SEASON; SURFACE DATA; SURFACE DEWPOINT; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SURFACE WINDS; SYNOPTIC-SCALE PROCESSES; TEMPORAL CHARACTERISTICS; WARM SEASONS; WARNING SYSTEMS;

DECISION MAKING; LANDFORMS; RAIN; REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

THUNDERSTORMS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; DEW POINT; NOWCASTING; RAINFALL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUMMER; SURFACE WIND; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; THUNDERSTORM; WARNING SYSTEM;

TAIWAN;

EID: 79953227413     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010WAF2222386.1     Document Type: Article

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