Numerical experiments investigating the orographic effects on a heavy rainfall event over the northwestern coast of Taiwan during TAMEX IOP 13

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 35-50

  Lin, Pay Liam ^a   Chen, Yi Leng ^b   Chen, Ching Sen ^a   Liu, Che Ling ^a   Chen, Ching Ying ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; CONVECTION; HEATING; JET FLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; PRESSURE GRADIENT; RAINFALL; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

TAIWAN;

CITRUS MAXIMA;

EID: 80052722870     PISSN: 01777971     EISSN: 14365065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00703-011-0155-7     Document Type: Article

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