A multiscale analysis of the extreme weather events over Western Russia and Northern Pakistan during July 2010

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 140, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1639-1664

  JR, Thomas J Galarneau ^a   Hamill, Thomas M ^b   Dole, Randall M ^b   Perlwitz, Judith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticyclones; Atmospheric circulation; Blocking; Ensembles; Extreme events; Flood events

Indexed keywords

ANTICYCLONES; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BLOCKING; ENSEMBLES; EXTREME EVENTS; FLOOD EVENT;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATOLOGY;

FLOODS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANTICYCLONE; ATMOSPHERIC BLOCKING; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; EASTERLY WAVE; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; EXTREME EVENT; FLOOD; JET STREAM; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MONSOON; OUTFLOW; RAINFALL; WEATHER;

CHINA; PAKISTAN; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 84864950358     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: 15200493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-11-00191.1     Document Type: Article

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