Extreme rainfall events in southern Sweden: Where does the moisture come from?

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 605-616

  Gustafsson, Malin ^a   Rayner, David ^a   Chen, Deliang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; EXTREME EVENT; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; MOISTURE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; REGIONAL CLIMATE;

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EID: 77957106359     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: 16000870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0870.2010.00456.x     Document Type: Article

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