Rainfall regimes associated with banded convection in the Cévennes-Vivarais area

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 103, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 25-34

  Godart, A ^a   Anquetin, S ^a   Leblois, E ^b  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; CONVECTION; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; DATABASE; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; RAINBAND; RAINFALL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRATIFICATION; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; TRIGGER MECHANISM; WIND SHEAR; WIND VELOCITY;

CEVENNES; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 63149150004     PISSN: 01777971     EISSN: 14365065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00703-008-0326-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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