Comparison of rainfall characteristics and convective properties of monsoon precipitation systems over South China and the Yangtze and Huai River basin

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 110-132

  Luo, Yali ^a   Wang, Hui ^a   Zhang, Renhe ^a   Qian, Weimiao ^a   Luo, Zhengzhao ^b  

^a STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE INTENSITY; CONVECTIVE MOTIONS; CONVECTIVE PROPERTIES; DRIVING MECHANISM; HEAVY RAINFALL; LIGHTNING FLASH RATE; LOCAL INSTABILITY; MONSOON PRECIPITATION; MULTIPLE SATELLITES; NCEP REANALYSIS; POST-MONSOON; POST-MONSOON PERIOD; PRE-MONSOON; PRECIPITATION SYSTEMS; RAINFALL CHARACTERISTICS; RIVER BASINS; SOUTH CHINA; WEATHER MAPS; WEATHER SYSTEMS;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; LIGHTNING PROTECTION; WATERSHEDS;

RAIN;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; THERMODYNAMICS;

CHINA; HEBEI; HUAISHA BASIN; YANGTZE BASIN;

EID: 84872963712     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00100.1     Document Type: Article

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