A southeastern Mediterranean PV streamer and its role in December 2001 case with torrential rains in Israel

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 21-32

  Krichak, S O ^a   Alpert, P ^a   Dayan, M ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; CYCLONE; HYDROSTATICS; LATENT HEAT FLUX; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SIMULATION; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; THUNDERSTORM; TORRENT; TROPOPAUSE;

AFRICA; ANATOLIA; ASIA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL); EAST AFRICA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MIDDLE EAST; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TURKEY;

EID: 33846310813     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-7-21-2007     Document Type: Article

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