Comparison of modeled and observed accumulated convective precipitation in mountainous and flat land areas

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 245-261

  Ćurić, Mladjen ^a   Janc, Dejan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Convection; Extreme events; Orographic effects; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

CLOUD DROPLET; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; CORRELATION; EXTREME EVENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE; REMOTE SENSING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 79955034083     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JHM1259.1     Document Type: Article

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