IMPROVE-2 Case Summaries November - December 2001
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Houze, R. A., Jr., and S. Medina, 2005: Turbulence as a mechanism for orographic precipitation enhancement. J. Atmos. Sci., 62, 3599-3623.
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Medina, S., E. Sukovich,
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3565-3586. ("Paper
of note" highlighted in Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., Dec. 2007 Issue.)
Rotunno, R., and R. A. Houze, Jr., 2007: Lessons on orographic precipitation from the Mesoscale Alpine Programme. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 133, 811-830.
Colle, B. A., Y. Lin, S. Medina,
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Houze, R. A., Jr., 2012: Orographic effects on precipitating clouds. Rev. Geophys., 50, RG1001, 47pp., doi:10.1029/2011RG000365.
