High-Resolution Hindcast of Record-Breaking Rainfall in Beijing and Impact of Topography

Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 253-258

  En Tao, Yu ^a   Jian Qi, Sun ^a   Wei Ling, Xiang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Beijing; record breaking rainfall; topography; WRF

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; HINDCASTING; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; RAINFALL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TOPOGRAPHY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 85075741685     PISSN: 16742834     EISSN: 23766123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16742834.2013.11447090     Document Type: Article

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