An investigation of warm rainfall microphysics in the southern Appalachians: Orographic enhancement via low-level seeder-feeder interactions

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1783-1805

  Wilson, Anna M ^a   Barros, Ana P ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEEDING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROSTRUCTURE;

DROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION; INTEGRATED ANALYSIS; MICRO-STRUCTURE EVOLUTIONS; NUMBER CONCENTRATION; OROGRAPHIC ENHANCEMENT; RAINFALL INTENSITY; SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS; VERTICAL STRUCTURES;

RAIN;

ADVECTION; COALESCENCE; DIURNAL ACTIVITY; DRIZZLE; FOG; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OROGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STOCHASTICITY; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION;

APPALACHIANS;

EID: 84899766112     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-13-0228.1     Document Type: Article

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