Vb cyclones and associated rainfall extremes over central Europe under present day and climate change conditions

Meteorologische Zeitschrift

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 649-660

  Nissen, Katrin M ^a   Ulbrich, Uwe ^a   Leckebusch, Gregor C ^b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Extreme precipitation; Flooding; Vb cyclones

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOODS; GREENHOUSE GASES; OIL WELL FLOODING; RAIN;

CHANGE CONDITIONS; DAILY PRECIPITATIONS; EXTREME PRECIPITATION; GREENHOUSE-GAS FORCING; LONG-TERM CLIMATE VARIABILITY; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; OBJECTIVE IDENTIFICATION; REGION OF INTEREST;

STORMS;

AIR MASS; ALGORITHM; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE VARIATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CYCLONE; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; FLOODING; GREENHOUSE GAS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL;

CENTRAL EUROPE;

EID: 84897031299     PISSN: 09412948     EISSN: 16101227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0941-2948/2013/0514     Document Type: Article

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