Numerical Simulation of Torrential Rainfall and Vortical Hot Towers in a Midlatitude Mesoscale Convective System

Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 189-193

  Man, Zhang ^a,b,c   Zhang, Da Lin ^c   Ang Sheng, Wang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

mei yu front; mesoscale convective systems; torrential rainfall; vortical hot towers

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXTREME EVENT; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VORTICITY;

EID: 84555193170     PISSN: 16742834     EISSN: 23766123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16742834.2009.11446805     Document Type: Article

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