Extreme precipitation events in the Middle East: Dynamics of the Active Red Sea Trough

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 7087-7108

  De Vries, A J ^a   Tyrlis, E ^a   Edry, D ^b   Krichak, S O ^b   Steil, B ^c   Lelieveld, J ^a,c  

^a CYPRUS INSTITUTE   (Cyprus)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Active Red Sea Trough; Arabian Anticyclone; ERA Interim; Jeddah flooding; Middle East; tropical extratropical interaction

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; MOISTURE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); TROPICS;

ARABIAN ANTICYCLONE; ERA INTERIMS; MIDDLE EAST; RED SEA; TROPICAL-EXTRATROPICAL INTERACTIONS;

FLOODS;

ANTICYCLONE; FLASH FLOOD; FLOODING; INSTABILITY; MOISTURE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); ROSSBY WAVE; SEASONALITY;

INDIAN OCEAN; MIDDLE EAST; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN];

APHRODITA;

EID: 84880871412     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50569     Document Type: Article

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