Sensitivity of an intense rain event between atmosphere-only and atmosphere-ocean regional coupled models: 19 September 1996

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 141, Issue 686, 2015, Pages 258-271

  Berthou, Ségolène ^a   Mailler, Sylvain ^a   Drobinski, Philippe ^a   Arsouze, Thomas ^b   Bastin, Sophie ^c   Béranger, Karine ^b   Lebeaupin Brossier, Cindy ^d  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b ENSTA PARISTECH   (France)

^c SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^d CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

AORCM; Atmosphere sea coupling; Blocking; Quasi stationary front

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; LOCATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SURFACE WATERS;

AIR-SEA EXCHANGE; AORCM; BLOCKING; COUPLED SIMULATION; PRECIPITATION EVENTS; QUASI-STATIONARY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SURFACE PRESSURES;

RAIN;

EID: 84922783040     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.2355     Document Type: Article

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