Seasonality of vertical structure in radar-observed precipitation over Southern Switzerland

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 318-330

  Rudolph, James V ^a   Friedrich, Katja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Climatology; Complex terrain; Orographic effects; Precipitation; Radars Radar observations; Seasonal cycle

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; COMPLEX TERRAIN; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RADAR; SEASONALITY;

ALPS; LOCARNO; SWITZERLAND; TICINO;

EID: 84875012699     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: 15257541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-12-042.1     Document Type: Article

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