A study of twentieth - Century extreme rainfall events in the United Kingdom with implications for forecasting

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 15-31

  Hand, William H ^a   Fox, Neil I ^b,c   Collier, Christopher G ^b  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODS;

COMMON FEATURES; CONVECTIVE STORMS; EXTREME RAINFALL; RAINFALL EVENT; SUITABLE CONDITIONS; THREE CATEGORIES; TWENTIETH CENTURY; UNITED KINGDOM;

RAIN;

AIRFLOW; EXTREME EVENT; FLASH FLOOD; FLOODING; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SEASONALITY; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 2942550483     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1350482703001117     Document Type: Article

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