Precipitation extremes in the wettest Mediterranean region ((Krivošije) and associated atmospheric circulation types

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 687-697

  Ducic V ^a   Lukovic J ^a   Buric D ^b   Stanojevic G ^c   Mustafic S ^a  

^a Institute for the Environment and GIS   (Serbia)

^b Hydrometeorological Service of Montenegro   (Montenegro)

^c SERBIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND ARTS   (Serbia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICYCLONE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CYCLOGENESIS; EXTREME EVENT; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

CENTRAL EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MONTENEGRO;

EID: 84859139530     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-12-687-2012     Document Type: Article

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