Journal: Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

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Q J R Meteorol Soc.

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Wiley-Blackwell

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0035-9009
1477-870X

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  • Processes leading to heavy precipitation associated with two Mediterranean cyclones observed during the HyMeX SOP1
    Item type: Journal Article
    Flaounas, Emmanouil; Lagouvardos, Konstantinos; Kotroni, Vassiliki; et al. (2016)
    Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
  • Föhn in the Rhine Valley during MAP
    Item type: Journal Article
    Drobinski, Philippe; Steinacker, Reinhold; Richner, Hans; et al. (2007)
    Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
  • Impact of North Atlantic evaporation hot spots on southern Alpine heavy precipitation events
    Item type: Journal Article
    Winschall, A.; Pfahl, S.; Sodemann, H.; et al. (2012)
    Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
  • Introduction to the HyMeX Special Issue on ‘Advances in understanding and forecasting of heavy precipitation in the Mediterranean through the HyMeX SOP1 field campaign’
    Item type: Journal Article
    Ducrocq, Véronique; Davolio, Silvio; Ferretti, Rossella; et al. (2016)
    Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
  • Editorial
    Item type: Other Journal Item
    Volkert, Hans; Schär, Christoph; Smith, Ronald B. (2007)
    Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
  • Sources of water vapour contributing to the Elbe flood in August 2002
    Item type: Journal Article
    Sodemann, H.; Wernli, Heini; Schwierz, C. (2009)
    Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
  • Modulation of tropical convection by breaking Rossby waves
    Item type: Journal Article
    Allen, G.; Vaughan, G.; Brunner, D.; et al. (2009)
    Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
  • Surface radiation budget in an Alpine valley
    Item type: Journal Article
    Matzinger, N.; Andretta, Marco; van Gorsel, Eva; et al. (2003)
    Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
    Surface radiation data were collected at seven sites in the Riviera Valley in southern Switzerland during the special observing period of the Mesoscale Alpine Programme's Riviera project from August until October 1999. During the daytime on selected ‘valley wind’ days, strong site contrasts occurred with respect to solar and downward long-wave radiation fluxes. Site-to-site differences of incoming global radiation were caused by the different orientations of valley surfaces relative to the direct solar beam component and by shading from surrounding topography. Diurnal cycles of albedo, determined from horizontal and slope-parallel measurements of reflected and incoming global radiation at three eastern side-wall sites, show that reflection of the direct radiation component from the inclined surfaces is predominantly anisotropic diffuse radiation. Downward long-wave radiation decreases with elevation in the valley because the higher sites have an increased angular exposure to the radiating sky (i.e. sky view factor). Contrasts between the valley-floor and ridge-top sites are largest on valley wind days but also occur on overcast days. Finally, strong site-to-site variations of the net all-wave radiation occur during daytime due to variations in the received direct beam component of incoming global radiation. During night-time, net outgoing all-wave radiation increases with elevation, again because sky view fraction increases with elevation. On valley wind days, significant contrasts are found in mean diurnal cycles and daily sums of available radiation energy between south-west and north-east facing slopes. When the direct beam component is absent, inter-site contrasts in radiation components are reduced, especially short-wave radiation components. A simple semi-empirical method is described to estimate the net all-wave radiation in a slope-parallel frame of reference from measurements with horizontally exposed net radiometers. This method employs the theoretical ratio of short-wave radiation on a slope to the horizontal equivalent. The method is tested successfully at one site where simultaneous measurements were made with inclined and horizontal sensors. Copyright © 2003 Royal Meteorological Society.
  • Impact of different IFS microphysics on a warm conveyor belt and the downstream flow evolution
    Item type: Journal Article
    Joos, Hanna; Forbes, Richard M. (2016)
    Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
  • The wake south of the Alps
    Item type: Journal Article
    Flamant, C.; Richard, E.; Schär, C.; et al. (2004)
    Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
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