A 6-year AMSU-based climatology of upper-level troughs and associated precipitation distribution in the Mediterranean region

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 15, 2008, Pages

  Funatsu, B M ^b   Claud, C ^b   Chaboureau, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE;

ADVANCED MICROWAVE SOUNDING UNIT DATUM; CONVECTIVE RAIN; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; LARGE-SCALE CIRCULATION; MEDITERRANEAN BASIN; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; PRECIPITATION DISTRIBUTION; SCANDINAVIA; UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATOLOGY; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROUGH;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 70149106670     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD009918     Document Type: Article

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