An analysis of diurnal variations of heavy hourly precipitation in Kraków using a classification of circulation types over southern Poland

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 35, Issue 9-12, 2010, Pages 456-461

  Twardosz, Robert ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Circulation types; Diurnal distribution; Diurnal rainfall patterns; Heavy rainfall; Hourly precipitation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION TYPES; ATMOSPHERIC PROCESS; DIURNAL DISTRIBUTIONS; DIURNAL RAINFALL; HEAVY PRECIPITATION; HEAVY RAINFALL; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

RAIN;

AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; DIURNAL VARIATION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PREDICTION; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

CRACOW; MALOPOLSKIE; POLAND;

EID: 77954954482     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2009.11.003     Document Type: Article

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