Heavy precipitation processes in a warmer climate

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1431-1434

  Frei, Christoph ^a   Schär, Christoph ^a   Lüthi, Daniel ^a   Davies, Huw C ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); THERMAL EFFECTS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; HEAVY PRECIPITATION EVENTS; MEAN HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; PRECIPITATION;

EUROPE;

EID: 0032075897     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL51099     Document Type: Article

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