Spatial coherency of extreme weather events in Germany and Switzerland

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1863-1874

  Pfahl, Stephan ^a   Wernli, Heini ^a  

^a Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Extreme weather events; Precipitation; Spatial correlation; Storm

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; DAILY TEMPERATURES; EXTREME EVENTS; EXTREME WEATHER; EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS; GERMANY; LARGE-SCALE ADVECTION; NORTH SEA; PALEOCLIMATE STUDIES; PRECIPITATION EXTREMES; PROXY DATA; REGIONAL SCALE; SPATIAL COHERENCY; SPATIAL CORRELATIONS; STATION LOCATION; STATISTICAL APPROACH; STRONG WINDS; SURFACE OBSERVATION; SWITZERLAND; TEMPERATURE EXTREMES; TERRAIN COMPLEXITY; WIND GUST;

PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); STORMS;

WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICES;

ADVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CYCLONE; EXTREME EVENT; GUST; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SPATIAL VARIATION; STORM; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND VELOCITY;

GERMANY; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84863313285     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.2401     Document Type: Article

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