Understanding convective extreme precipitation scaling using observations and an entraining plume model

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 3641-3655

  Loriaux, Jessica M ^a,b   Lenderink, Geert ^b   De Roode, Stephan R ^a   Siebesma, A Pier ^a,b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Deep convection; Extreme events; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION; DEEP CONVECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL STABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EXTREME EVENTS; PRECIPITATION EXTREMES; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; TEMPERATURE PERTURBATIONS;

MOISTURE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ADIABATIC PROCESS; CONDENSATION; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; ENTRAINMENT; EXTREME EVENT; FUTURE PROSPECT; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; THERMODYNAMICS;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84888071769     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-12-0317.1     Document Type: Article

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