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DOI	10.1029/2019JD030432
	Simultaneous Episodes of Heavy Rainfall in Morocco and Southern Alps: 1. Mesoscale Simulations and Episode Climatology (1979–2016)
	Gangoiti G.; Sáez de Cámara E.; Alonso L.; Iza J.; García J.A.; Valdenebro V.; Gómez M.C.; Navazo M.; García E.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	2169897X
卷号	125 期号:4
英文摘要	The torrential rain and southerly föhn episode on 14–16 November 2002 in the Alpine southside, which affected the Piedmont region, was concurrent with heavy rains in the northwest flanks of the Middle and High Atlas in Morocco. Both simultaneous rainfalls are analyzed, as well as the recent climatology of similar episodes. A mesoscale modelling system is used first to simulate the relevant atmospheric processes and then to map the evaporative sources of both targets. Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer water vapor products, National Centers for Environmental Prediction reanalysis data sets, radiosondes, wind profilers, and surface rain gauges are used to substantiate the simulations. The evaporative source estimation is discussed in a companion article. The simultaneous episodes originated after the development of a narrow meridionally elongated upper level trough extending southward from the British Islands into Iberia, associated with a semi-stationary large amplitude wave. A total of 43 similar episodes have been identified during the 38-year period 1979–2016, averaging one episode per year. However, there is a large interannual variability, with several years with no episodes and, others, which can accumulate up to four episodes. The episode length shows also a high variability, from 2 to 7–8 days. The longest episodes usually include an enlarged “Mediterranean phase” for the rainfalls in the Alps. With respect to their seasonal variability, the largest fraction concentrates in autumn (60%), and no episodes are found from June to August. November accumulates the highest case occurrence (37%) and the observed variability cannot be explained by changes in the phase of the North Atlantic Oscillation. © 2020. The Authors.
英文关键词	evaporative sources; extreme rainfalls; mesoscale meteorology
语种	英语
来源期刊	Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/186178
作者单位	Escuela de Ingeniería de Bilbao, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Bilbao, Spain
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Gangoiti G.,Sáez de Cámara E.,Alonso L.,等. Simultaneous Episodes of Heavy Rainfall in Morocco and Southern Alps: 1. Mesoscale Simulations and Episode Climatology (1979–2016)[J],2020,125(4).
APA	Gangoiti G..,Sáez de Cámara E..,Alonso L..,Iza J..,García J.A..,...&García E..(2020).Simultaneous Episodes of Heavy Rainfall in Morocco and Southern Alps: 1. Mesoscale Simulations and Episode Climatology (1979–2016).Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres,125(4).
MLA	Gangoiti G.,et al."Simultaneous Episodes of Heavy Rainfall in Morocco and Southern Alps: 1. Mesoscale Simulations and Episode Climatology (1979–2016)".Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 125.4(2020).