Daily precipitation extreme events in the Iberian Peninsula and its association with atmospheric rivers

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 579-597

  Ramos, Alexandre M ^a   Trigo, Ricardo M ^a   Liberato, Margarida L R ^a,b   Tomé, Ricardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Climate variability; Climatology; Hydrometeorology; Moisture moisture budget

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; CLIMATE VARIATION; EXTREME EVENT; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RIVER BASIN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); IBERIAN PENINSULA; PORTUGAL;

EID: 84938199551     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: 15257541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-14-0103.1     Document Type: Article

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