Synoptic development of the Hanoi heavy rainfall event of 30-31 October 2008: Multiple-scale processes

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 140, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1219-1240

  Chen, Tsing Chang ^a   Yen, Ming Cheng ^b   Tsay, Jenq Dar ^a   Thanh, Nguyen Thi Tan ^c   Alpert, Jordan ^d  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Aero Meteorological Observatory   (Viet Nam)

^d National Centers for Environmental Predication   (United States)

Author keywords

Asia; Flood events

Indexed keywords

ASIA; BERING SEA; COLD SURGE; CONSTRUCTIVE INTERFERENCE; CYCLOGENESIS; FLOOD EVENT; HEAVY RAINFALL; IN-PHASE; MIDLATITUDES; PHILIPPINES; SOUTH CHINA SEA; SURFACE VORTICES; TIANSHAN; VIET NAM; ZONAL WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; RAIN; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; VORTEX FLOW;

STORMS;

CYCLOGENESIS; FLOOD; MONSOON; RAINFALL; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; WATER VAPOR; ZONAL WIND;

ALTAI MOUNTAINS; CELEBES SEA; HANOI; INDONESIAN SEAS; PACIFIC OCEAN; VIET NAM;

EID: 84861539786     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-11-00111.1     Document Type: Article

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