An analysis of multiple predecessor rain events ahead of tropical cyclones Ike and Lowell: 10-15 September 2008

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 140, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1081-1107

  Bosart, Lance F ^a   Cordeira, Jason M ^a   Galarneau, Thomas J ^b   Moore, Benjamin J ^c,d   Archambault, Heather M ^e  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Extreme events; Mesoscale systems; Potential vorticity; Precipitation; Trajectories; Tropical cyclones

Indexed keywords

FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; FLOW PATTERNS; HURRICANES; MOISTURE; RAIN; TROPICS; TROPOSPHERE;

%MOISTURE; ENTRANCE REGION; EXTREME EVENTS; JET STREAMS; MESO-SCALE SYSTEMS; MISSOURIS; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; RAIN EVENTS; SUBTROPICAL JET; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

TROPICAL CYCLONE;

EXTREME EVENT; JET STREAM; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; TRAJECTORY; TROPICAL CYCLONE EVENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); CALIFORNIA; GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; OHIO VALLEY [CALIFORNIA]; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST); UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861551464     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-11-00163.1     Document Type: Article

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