Two-way one-dimensional high-resolution air-sea coupled modelling applied to Mediterranean heavy rain events

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 135, Issue 638, 2009, Pages 187-204

  Lebeaupin Brossier, Cindy ^a   Ducrocq, V ^a   Giordani, H ^a  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

Air sea coupling; Heavy rainfall; Mediterranean Sea; Mesoscale modelling

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA COUPLING; AIR-SEA INTERFACE; ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYERS; ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; COUPLED SIMULATION; COUPLED SYSTEMS; EXTREME PRECIPITATION; HEAVY PRECIPITATION; HEAVY RAIN EVENT; HEAVY RAINFALL; HIGH RESOLUTION; LOW-LEVEL WINDS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MESOSCALE MODELLING; OCEAN MIXED LAYERS; OCEAN MODEL; OCEAN RESPONSE; PRECIPITATION EVENTS; SALT CONTENT; TORRENTIAL RAINFALLS;

HELIUM; OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEANOGRAPHY; RECREATIONAL FACILITIES; SIMULATORS; TROPOSPHERE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

RAIN;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SYSTEM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; MIXED LAYER; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 67649445912     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.338     Document Type: Article

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