Classifying severe rainfall events over Italy by hydrometeorological and dynamical criteria

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 137, Issue 654, 2011, Pages 148-154

  Molini, L ^a   Parodi, A ^a   Rebora, N ^a   Craig, G C ^b  

^a CIMA Research Foundation   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Convective time scale; Cumulus convection; Predictability; Quasi equilibrium

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE AVAILABLE POTENTIAL ENERGIES; CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION; CUMULUS CONVECTION; DEGREES-OF-CONTROL; DYNAMICAL REGIME; HOURLY PRECIPITATIONS; PREDICTABILITY; QUASI-EQUILIBRIUM; RAIN GAUGES; RAINFALL EVENT; SPATIAL EXTENT; TIME-SCALES; TYPE II;

CLOUDS;

RAIN;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CLASSIFICATION; CUMULUS; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; POTENTIAL ENERGY; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ITALY;

EID: 79251531181     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.741     Document Type: Article

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