An observational and modeling study of the processes leading to deep, moist convection in complex terrain

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 142, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2687-2708

  Weckwerth, Tammy M ^a   Bennett, Lindsay J ^b   Jay Miller, L ^a   van Baelen, Joël ^c   di Girolamo, Paolo ^d   Blyth, Alan M ^b   Hertneky, Tracy J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; MOISTURE; WATER VAPOR; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION; DOPPLER ON WHEELS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM RECEIVERS; HIGH-RESOLUTION NUMERICAL SIMULATION; OROGRAPHIC CONVECTION; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; STORM ENVIRONMENTS; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODELS;

LANDFORMS;

ANTICYCLONE; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; DOPPLER RADAR; GPS; MOISTURE; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; RADIOSONDE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TERRAIN; WATER VAPOR; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND FIELD;

FRANCE; RHINE VALLEY; VOSGES [(MNR) FRANCE];

EID: 84905674854     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: 15200493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-13-00216.1     Document Type: Article

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