Influence of submonthly air–sea coupling on heavy precipitation events in the Western Mediterranean basin

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 142, Issue , 2016, Pages 453-471

  Berthou, Ségolène ^a   Mailler, Sylvain ^a   Drobinski, Philippe ^a   Arsouze, Thomas ^a,b   Bastin, Sophie ^c   Béranger, Karine ^a,d   Flaounas, Emmanouil ^e   Lebeaupin Brossier, Cindy ^f   Somot, Samuel ^f   Stéfanon, Marc ^g  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^d LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^e NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^f CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^g DIF   (France)

Author keywords

air sea coupling; atmosphere ocean regional climate model; heavy precipitation events; Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLIMATE MODELS; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; HEAT FLUX; RAIN; SURFACE WATERS;

HEAVY PRECIPITATION; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLES; MEDITERRANEAN; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELING; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); STATISTICAL RELATIONSHIP; WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN BASIN;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SURFACE FLUX;

CALABRIA; CEVENNES; COMUNIDAD VALENCIA; FRANCE; ITALY; LIGURIA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (WEST); SPAIN;

EID: 84960970318     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.2717     Document Type: Article

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