Convective and stratiform precipitation trends in the Spanish Mediterranean coast

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 119, Issue , 2013, Pages 46-55

  Ruiz Leo, A M ^a   Hernandez E ^a   Queralt, S ^a   Maqueda, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Convective precipitation; Precipitation rate; Stratiform precipitation

Indexed keywords

COMPONENT EVOLUTION; COMPUTATION PROCESS; CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION; COUPLED OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE RESPONSE EXPERIMENTS; IBERIAN PENINSULA; METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY; PRECIPITATION EPISODES; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PRECIPITATION RATES; SEASONAL TRENDS; SPANISH COASTS; STRATIFORM PRECIPITATION; TOTAL PRECIPITATION; TROPICAL OCEAN-GLOBAL ATMOSPHERES;

EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; RESEARCH;

ALGORITHMS;

ALGORITHM; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; DATA SET; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; STRATIFORM CLOUD;

IBERIAN PENINSULA; MEDITERRANEAN COAST [SPAIN]; SPAIN;

EID: 84870253261     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2011.07.019     Document Type: Article

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