A synoptic perspective of the record 1-2 May 2010 mid-south heavy precipitation event

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 611-620

  Durkee, Joshua D ^a   Campbell, Lee ^a   Berry, Kyle ^a   Jordan, Dustin ^a   Goodrich, Gregory ^a   Mahmood, Rezaul ^a   Foster, Stuart ^a  

^a WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARIBBEAN SEA; HEAVY PRECIPITATION; ME-XICO; MESOSCALE DISTRIBUTION; QUASI-STATIONARY; RAINFALL EVENT; TROUGH AND RIDGE;

AIR; THUNDERSTORMS;

RAIN;

EID: 84861421512     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-D-11-00076.1     Document Type: Article

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