Maintenance mechanisms for the early-morning maximum summer rainfall over southeast China

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 137, Issue 657, 2011, Pages 959-968

  Huang, Wan Ru ^a   Chan, Johnny C L ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Atmospheric heat budget; Semi diurnal variation; Water vapor budget

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; WATER VAPOR;

ATMOSPHERIC HEAT; DIFFERENTIAL HEATING; DIFFERENTIAL THERMALS; DIURNAL RAINFALL; MORNING RAINFALL; RADIATIVE HEATING; SEMI-DIURNAL; WATER VAPOR FLUX;

RAIN;

ADVECTION; DIURNAL VARIATION; HEAT BUDGET; HEATING; RAINFALL; SUMMER; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER VAPOR; WIND;

CHINA;

EID: 79957915761     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.815     Document Type: Article

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