Ocean memory effect on the dynamics of coastal heavy precipitation preceded by a mistral event in the northwestern Mediterranean

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 139, Issue 675, 2013, Pages 1583-1597

  Lebeaupin Brossier, Cindy ^a,b   Drobinski, Philippe ^a   Béranger, Karine ^b   Bastin, Sophie ^c   Orain, Francoise ^d  

^a ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^b ENSTA PARISTECH   (France)

^c SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^d MÉTÉO FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

CORDEX; Heavy precipitation; HyMeX; Mediterranean Sea; Mesoscale processes; Mistral; Ocean atmosphere coupling

Indexed keywords

CORDEX; HEAVY PRECIPITATION; HYMEX; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MESOSCALE PROCESS; MISTRAL; OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; METEOROLOGY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GYRE; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

GULF OF LION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84884206130     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.2049     Document Type: Article

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