An objectively selected case study of a heavy rain event in the Mediterranean Basin: A diagnosis using numerical simulation

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 187-205

  Martin M L ^a   Santos Munoz D ^b   Morata, A ^b   Luna, M Y ^b   Valero, F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^b Instituto Nacional de Meteorología ^*  (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Heavy rain; Mesoscale model; Singular value decomposition; Western Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOODS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN; STATISTICAL METHODS; TROPOSPHERE; WIND STRESS;

HEAVY RAIN; MESOSCALE MODEL; SINGULAR VALUE DECOMPOSITION; WIND SHEAR;

METEOROLOGY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; RAINFALL; TROPOSPHERE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (WEST);

EID: 33746699070     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2005.12.002     Document Type: Article

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