Quantification of the importance of wind drift to the surface distribution of orographic rain on the occasion of the extreme cockermouth flood in cumbria

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 139, Issue 674, 2013, Pages 1342-1353

  Lean, H W ^a   Browning, K A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b Independent Researcher   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cumbrian floods; Flood forecasting; High resolution unified model; Low level jet; Seeder feeder mechanism

Indexed keywords

FLOOD FORECASTING; HEAVY RAINS; HIGH LIQUID WATER CONTENT; LOW LEVEL JET; NORTHWEST ENGLAND; SURFACE DISTRIBUTIONS; UNIFIED MODEL; WIND DRIFTS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CATCHMENTS; FEEDING; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODS; RUNOFF;

RAIN;

CATCHMENT; CLOUD COVER; FLOOD FORECASTING; FLOODING; RAINDROP; RAINFALL; RIVER WATER;

CUMBRIA; ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84880848950     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.2024     Document Type: Article

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