A statistical downscaling to identify the large-scale circulation patterns associated with heavy precipitation events over southern France

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 137, Issue 660, 2011, Pages 1812-1827

  Nuissier, O ^a   Joly, B ^a   Joly, A ^a   Ducrocq, V ^a   Arbogast, P ^a  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Flash floods; Synoptic scale precursors

Indexed keywords

AREA OF INTEREST; AUTOMATIC CLUSTERING; CLIMATE SCENARIOS; DETECTION ALGORITHM; DETECTION TOOLS; FLASH FLOOD; GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT; GULF OF LION; HEAVY PRECIPITATION; LANGUEDOC-ROUSSILLON; LARGE-SCALE CIRCULATION; LARGE-SCALE CIRCULATION PATTERNS; LOW-LEVEL FEATURES; MOISTURE FLUXES; MOISTURE TRANSPORT; REANALYSIS; STATISTICAL DOWNSCALING; SYNOPTIC-SCALE PRECURSORS; TWO-STREAM; WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA; WIND COMPONENTS;

ALGORITHMS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS;

MOISTURE;

ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DOWNSCALING; FLASH FLOOD; MOISTURE TRANSFER; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINGAUGE; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY;

FRANCE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (WEST);

EID: 79955459415     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.866     Document Type: Article

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