Synoptic climatology of winter intense precipitation events along the Mediterranean coasts

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1707-1722

  Reale, M ^a,c   Lionello, P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^b CENTRO EURO MEDITERRANEO SUI CAMBIAMENTI CLIMATICI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; CYCLONE; GEOPOTENTIAL; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TELECONNECTION; WINTER;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84880171833     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-13-1707-2013     Document Type: Article

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