Relating global precipitation to atmospheric fronts

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Catto, J L ^a   Jakob, C ^a   Berry, G ^a   Nicholls, N ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ATMOSPHERIC FRONTS; COLD FRONT; DATA SETS; DAY-TO-DAY VARIABILITY; EXTRATROPICAL; GLOBAL PRECIPITATION; HEAVY RAINS; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MAXIMUM INTENSITIES; MIDLATITUDES; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; QUASI-STATIONARY; REANALYSIS; REGIONAL VARIATION; SPACE TIME DISTRIBUTION; WARM FRONTS;

STORMS;

CLIMATE VARIATION; COLD FRONT; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; ATMOSPHERIC FRONT; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; GLOBAL CLIMATE; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STORM TRACK;

EID: 84861368046     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL051736     Document Type: Article

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