Regimes of intense precipitation in the Spanish Mediterranean area

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 137, Issue , 2014, Pages 66-79

  Riesco Martín, Jesús ^a   Mora García, Manuel ^b   De Pablo Dávila, Fernando ^c   Soriano, Luis Rivas ^c  

^a Spanish Meteorological Agency ^*  (Spain)

^b Delegation in Asturias   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Intense precipitation; Regimes; Spatial patterns; Synoptic patterns

Indexed keywords

DEEP CONVECTION; IBERIAN PENINSULA; INTENSE PRECIPITATION; MEDITERRANEAN AREAS; REGIMES; SOUTHERN MEDITERRANEANS; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SYNOPTIC PATTERNS;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS;

RAIN;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY;

ALMERIA [ANDALUCIA]; ANDALUCIA; GRANADA [ANDALUCIA]; IBERIAN PENINSULA; MALAGA [ANDALUCIA]; MEDITERRANEAN COAST [SPAIN]; SPAIN;

EID: 84886266041     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2013.09.010     Document Type: Article

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