Numerical simulation of an extreme rainfall event in Catalonia: Role of orography and evaporation from the sea

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 123, Issue 539, 1997, Pages 537-559

  Romero, Romualdo ^a   Ramis, Clemente ^a   Alonso, Sergio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Heavy rain; Mesoscale numerical prediction; Western Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; EXTREME WEATHER; HEAVY RAIN;

SPAIN, CATALONIA;

EID: 0031449735     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.53901     Document Type: Article

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