The importance of fronts for extreme precipitation

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 10,791-10,801

  Catto, J L ^a   Pfahl, S ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

extratropical cyclones; fronts; precipitation extremes

Indexed keywords

STORMS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS; EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONES; EXTREME PRECIPITATION; EXTREME PRECIPITATION EVENTS; FORECASTING CAPABILITY; FRONTS; GLOBAL PRECIPITATION; PRECIPITATION EXTREMES;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ATMOSPHERIC FRONT; CYCLONE; DATA INTERPRETATION; EXTREME EVENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); STORM TRACK; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84887182984     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50852     Document Type: Article

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