Convective Precipitation in complex terrain: Results of the COPS campaign

Meteorologische Zeitschrift

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 367-372

  Behrendt, Andreas ^a   Blyth, Alan ^b   Dorninger, Manfred ^c   Kalthoff, Norbert ^d   Flamant, Cyrille ^e   Di Girolamo, Paolo ^f   Richard, Evelyne ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^e SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^g LABORATOIRE D AÉROLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATIC WEATHER STATIONS; COMPLEX TERRAINS; CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; HEAVY PRECIPITATION; MICROWAVE RADIOMETERS; RESEARCH INSTRUMENTS; SOIL MOISTURE SENSORS;

COMPLEX NETWORKS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; LANDFORMS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; MICROWAVE DEVICES; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

COMPLEX TERRAIN; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; FLOODING; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REMOTE SENSING; WEATHER STATION;

BADEN-WURTTEMBERG; BLACK FOREST; FRANCE; GERMANY; RHINE VALLEY; VOSGES [(MNR) FRANCE];

EID: 84891889460     PISSN: 09412948     EISSN: 16101227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0941-2948/2013/0541     Document Type: Review

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