An orography-associated extreme rainfall event during TiMREX: Initiation, storm evolution, and maintenance

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 140, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2555-2574

  Xu Dr , Weixin ^a   Zipser, Edward ^a   Chen, Yi Leng ^b   Liu, Chuntao ^a   Liou, Yu Chieng ^c   Lee, Wen Chau ^d   Jou, Ben Jong Dao ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Mesoscale systems; Precipitation; Topographic effects

Indexed keywords

COASTAL REGIONS; COLD POOL; EXTREME RAINFALL; HEAVY RAINFALL; LOW LEVEL JET; MESO-SCALE SYSTEMS; MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; MONSOON RAINFALL; QUASI-STATIONARY; STORM EVOLUTION; TEMPERATURE DEPRESSION; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECTS;

MAINTENANCE; OCEANOGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RAIN; STORMS;

LAKES;

COLD POOL; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; JET FLOW; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; OROGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; STORM; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

TAIWAN;

EID: 84867976578     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: 15200493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-11-00208.1     Document Type: Article

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