Application of the Hess-Brezowsky classification to the identification of weather patterns causing heavy winter rainfall in Brittany (France)

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1161-1173

  Planchon, O ^a   Quenol H ^a   Dupont, N ^a   Corgne, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ RENNES 2   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE EFFECT; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; LAND USE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; RAINFALL; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; WEATHER FORECASTING; WESTERLY; WINTER;

BRETAGNE; FRANCE;

EID: 77249160872     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-9-1161-2009     Document Type: Article

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