A diagnostic study of three heavy precipitation episodes in the western Mediterranean region

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 102-124

  Doswell III, Charles A ^a   Ramis, Clemente ^b   Romero, Romualdo ^b   Alonso, Sergio ^b  

^a NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAVY RAINFALL; PRECIPITATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

MEDITERRANEAN;

EID: 0031926707     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0434(1998)013<0102:ADSOTH>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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