Sensitivities of a flash flood event over Catalonia: A numerical analysis

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 651-669

  Martín, Alberto ^a   Romero, R ^a   Homar, V ^a   De Luque, A ^a   Alonso, S ^a   Rigo, T ^b   Llasat, M C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STORMS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

COLD FRONT; MESOSCALE CYCLONE; OROGRAPHY;

FLOOD DAMAGE;

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; FLASH FLOOD; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 33847353868     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR3316.1     Document Type: Article

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