Sensitivity of deep convection to terrain forcing over mediterranean islands

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 139, Issue 676, 2013, Pages 1762-1779

  Barthlott, Christian ^a   Kirshbaum, Daniel J ^b  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Convection initiation; Corsica; COSMO model; HyMeX; Sardinia; Sea breeze

Indexed keywords

CORSICA; COSMO MODEL; HYMEX; SARDINIA; SEA BREEZE;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; NATURAL CONVECTION;

LANDFORMS;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; BOUNDARY LAYER; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; PRECIPITABLE WATER; SEA BREEZE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TERRAIN; WIND;

CORSE; FRANCE; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (WEST); SARDINIA;

EID: 84886314426     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.2089     Document Type: Article

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