Quantitative aspect in circulation type classifications - An example based on evaluation of moisture flux anomalies

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 35, Issue 9-12, 2010, Pages 484-490

  Müller, Miloslav ^a,b   Kašpar, Marek ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Circulation type classification; Extreme precipitation; Extremeness of meteorological variables; Moisture flux; Seasonality of heavy rains

Indexed keywords

EXTREME PRECIPITATION; HEAVY RAINS; METEOROLOGICAL VARIABLES; MOISTURE FLUXES; SEASONALITY;

RAIN;

MOISTURE;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE CLASSIFICATION; EXTREME EVENT; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; MOISTURE FLUX; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAINFALL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEASONALITY; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY;

ALPS; CENTRAL EUROPE;

EID: 77954949488     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2009.09.004     Document Type: Article

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