Synoptic-scale environments of predecessor rain events occurring east of the Rocky Mountains in association with Atlantic basin tropical cyclones

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1022-1047

  Moore, Benjamin J ^a   Bosart, Lance F ^b   Keyser, Daniel ^b   Jurewicz, Michael L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c National Weather Service Eastern Region Headquarters   (United States)

Author keywords

Forecasting; Mesoscale systems; Rainfall; Synoptic scale processes; Tropical cyclones

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION PROCEDURE; COMPOSITE ANALYSIS; FLOW CONFIGURATIONS; MESO-SCALE SYSTEMS; SYNOPTIC-SCALE PROCESS; THREE CATEGORIES; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROUGH AND RIDGE;

FORECASTING; HURRICANES;

RAIN;

BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; FORECASTING METHOD; MESOSCALE EDDY; RAINFALL; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

EID: 84875639159     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: 15200493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-12-00178.1     Document Type: Article

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