Precipitation on the lee side of the Vosges Mountains: Multi-instrumental study of one case from the COPS campaign

Meteorologische Zeitschrift

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 413-432

  Labbouz, L ^a   Van Baelen, J ^a   Tridon, F ^a,b   Reverdy, M ^a   Hagen, M ^c   Bender, M ^d   Dick, G ^d   Gorgas, T ^e   Planche, C ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^d GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Convection; COPS; GPS meteorology

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE CELL; CONVECTIVE INITIATION; COPS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM RECEIVERS; GPS METEOROLOGY; INTENSIVE OBSERVATION PERIODS; METEOROLOGICAL ANALYSIS; MODEL SIMULATION;

HEAT CONVECTION; LANDFORMS; RADAR;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; GPS; MOUNTAIN REGION; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; WATER VAPOR; WIND DIRECTION; WIND FIELD; WIND VELOCITY;

FRANCE; VOSGES [(MNR) FRANCE];

EID: 84890907456     PISSN: 09412948     EISSN: 16101227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0941-2948/2013/0413     Document Type: Article

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