A Lagrangian identification of the main moisture sources and sinks affecting the Mediterranean area

WSEAS Transactions on Environment and Development

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 365-374

  Nieto, R ^a   Gimeno, L ^a   Drumond, A ^a   Hernandez, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Flexpart; Lagrangian approaches; Mediterranean basin; Moisture flux divergence; Moisture sources and sinks; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; HUMIDITY; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; MOISTURE FLUX; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 77954377303     PISSN: 17905079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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