Association of geopotential height patterns with heavy rainfall events in Cyprus

Advances in Geosciences

Volumn 23, Issue , 2010, Pages 73-78

  Tymvios, F ^a   Savvidou, K ^a   Michaelides, S C ^a  

^a Meteorological Service of Cyprus   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; GEOPOTENTIAL; HEIGHT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY;

CYPRUS;

EID: 77953974473     PISSN: 16807340     EISSN: 16807359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/adgeo-23-73-2010     Document Type: Article

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