The Meteorology of High-Intensity Rainfall Events over the West Mediterranean Region

Remote Sensing Reviews

Volumn 14, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 51-90

  Del Carmen Llasat, María ^a   Ramis, Clemente ^b   Barrantes, José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; METEOROLOGY; RADAR IMAGING; RAIN; THUNDERSTORMS;

CONVECTIVE AVAILABLE POTENTIAL ENERGY; QUASIGEOSTROPHIC FORCING; RAINFALL EVENTS; RICHARDSON NUMBER; THERMODYNAMIC ANALYSIS; WEST MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

REMOTE SENSING;

CLOUD WATER; CONVECTION; CONVECTIVE AVAILABLE POTENTIAL ENERGY; CONVERGENCE/DIVERGENCE; PRECIPITATION; RAINFALL EVENT; THUNDERSTORM GROUP; WATER VAPOUR;

MEDITERRANEAN;

EID: 0030426536     PISSN: 02757257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02757259609532313     Document Type: Article

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