Mesoscale model simulations of three heavy precipitation events in the western mediterranean region

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 126, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1859-1881

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

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^b NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 0032431568     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1998)126<1859:MMSOTH>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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