Characteristics of rainfall during tropical cyclone periods in Taiwan

Due to the Central Mountain Range with an elevation up to about 4 km, the amount and distribution of rainfall in Taiwan associated with typhoons or tropical cyclones (TCs) depends not only on the distribution of convection within the TCs (internal structure) and influences from monsoon-scale environ...

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Main Authors: K. K. W. Cheung, L.-R. Huang, C.-S. Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2008-12-01
Series:Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/8/1463/2008/nhess-8-1463-2008.pdf