The nexus between atmospheric rivers and extreme precipitation across Europe

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 3259-3264

  Lavers, David A ^a   Villarini, Gabriele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

atmospheric rivers; extreme precipitation; hydrometeorology

Indexed keywords

DAILY PRECIPITATIONS; EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONES; EXTREME PRECIPITATION; EXTREME RAINFALL; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WATER VAPOR TRANSPORT;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; FLOOD CONTROL; RIVERS; STORMS;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ALGORITHM; CYCLONE; EXTREME EVENT; FLOOD; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

GERMANY; POLAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 84880564944     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50636     Document Type: Article

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