Study on severe winter storm in Taiwan in 1998

Pay Liam Lin, Ching Sen Chen, Yang Fan Sheng, Hsin Chih Lai

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Abstract

During 18-20 February 1998, severe weather including heavy rain, hail and unconfirmed tornadoes occurred in the west side of Taiwan. These three days' severe weather event was quite unusual. This study documents this unusual event and determines the environmental condition for the occurrence of this event. In particular, the weather phenomena in Taiwan are analyzed and the PSU/NCAR MM5 model is used to diagnose the environmental condition for producing severe weather.

Original languageEnglish
Pages418-421
Number of pages4
StatePublished - 1999
EventProceedings of the 1999 29th International Conference on Radar Meteorology - Montreal, Que., Can
Duration: 12 Jul 199916 Jul 1999

Conference

ConferenceProceedings of the 1999 29th International Conference on Radar Meteorology
CityMontreal, Que., Can
Period12/07/9916/07/99

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