Idealized numerical simulations of quasi-stationary convective systems over the Northwestern Mediterranean complex terrain

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 138, Issue 668, 2012, Pages 1751-1763

  Bresson, E ^a   Ducrocq, V ^a   Nuissier, O ^a   Ricard, D ^a   de Saint Aubin, C ^b  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^b SCHAPI   (France)

Author keywords

Deep convection; Heavy precipitation; Mesoscale processes

Indexed keywords

COASTAL REGIONS; COMPLEX TERRAINS; CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS; DEEP CONVECTION; HEAVY PRECIPITATION; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; MESOSCALE PROCESS; MOUNTAIN RANGES; MOUNTAIN SLOPES; NORTHWESTERN MEDITERRANEAN; PYRENEES; QUASI-STATIONARY; SLOW FLOW; TORRENTIAL RAINFALLS; UNSTABLE FLOWS; UP-STREAM SYSTEM;

LAKES; RAIN; STORMS;

LANDFORMS;

COASTAL ZONE; COLD POOL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL;

FRANCE; MASSIF CENTRAL; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (NORTHWEST);

EID: 84868115621     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.1911     Document Type: Article

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