Characteristics of precipitating convective systems in the South Asian monsoon

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-26

  Romatschke, Ulrike ^a,b   Houze Jr , Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Asia; Convective systems; Monsoons; Precipitation; Radar observations; Satellite observations; Topographic effects

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADAR IMAGERY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 79955008144     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JHM1289.1     Document Type: Article

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