Impact of atmospheric changes on the low-frequency variations of convective afternoon rainfall activity over Taiwan

TY - JOUR

T1 - Impact of atmospheric changes on the low-frequency variations of convective afternoon rainfall activity over Taiwan

AU - Huang, Wan Ru

AU - Hsu, Huang Hsiung

AU - Wang, Shih Yu

AU - Chen, Jian Pu

N1 - Funding Information: The JRA-55 data provided by Japan Meteorological Agency can be accessed at http://jra.kishou.go.jp/JRA-55/ index_en.html and the 3-hourly surface observations provided by Central Weather Bureau in Taiwan can be accessed at https://dbar.ttfri.narl.org.tw/. The authors thank anonymous reviewers for their comments and suggestions which greatly improved the manuscript. This research was supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology of Taiwan under MOST 104-2111-M-003-001, MOST 103-2111-M-003-001, MOST 103-2621-M-865 -001, and MOST 100-2119-M-001 -029 -MY5. Publisher Copyright: © 2015. The Authors.

PY - 2015

Y1 - 2015

KW - Changes in atmospheric modulations led to differences in the CAR frequency

KW - Changes in moisture flux convergence led to differences in the CAR rate

KW - Trend in convective rainfall activity (CAR) in Taiwan is regional dependent

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U2 - 10.1002/2015JD023568

DO - 10.1002/2015JD023568

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:84943407156

SN - 0148-0227

VL - 120

SP - 8743

EP - 8758

JO - Journal of Geophysical Research

JF - Journal of Geophysical Research

IS - 17

ER -