[HTML][HTML] Rossby wave packets on the midlatitude waveguide—A review

V Wirth, M Riemer, EKM Chang… - Monthly Weather …, 2018 - journals.ametsoc.org
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Recent progress on the sources of continental precipitation as revealed by moisture transport analysis

L Gimeno, M Vázquez, J Eiras-Barca, R Sorí… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
The assessment of sources of moisture is key to the understanding of the hydrological cycle
at different time scales, because it enables the establishment of source-sink relationships …

Observed rainfall trends and precipitation uncertainty in the vicinity of the Mediterranean, Middle East and North Africa

G Zittis - Theoretical and applied climatology, 2018 - Springer
The present study investigates the century-long and more recent rainfall trends over the
greater region of Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Five up-to-date gridded …

A global climatological perspective on the importance of Rossby wave breaking and intense moisture transport for extreme precipitation events

AJ De Vries - Weather and Climate Dynamics Discussions, 2020 - wcd.copernicus.org
Extreme precipitation events (EPEs) cause frequently flooding with dramatic socioeconomic
impacts in many parts of the world. Previous studies considered two synoptic-scale …

Rainfall trends and extremes in Saudi Arabia in recent decades

M Almazroui - Atmosphere, 2020 - mdpi.com
The observed records of recent decades show increased economic damage associated with
flash flooding in different regions of Saudi Arabia. An increase in extreme rainfall events may …

Global atmospheric moisture transport associated with precipitation extremes: Mechanisms and climate change impacts

B Liu, X Tan, TY Gan, X Chen, K Lin… - Wiley Interdisciplinary …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The atmospheric moisture transport processes are of great importance to the occurrence
and intensity of precipitation extremes. In this paper, we review the linkage between …

Meteorological aspects of heavy precipitation in relation to floods–an overview

AJ Breugem, JG Wesseling, K Oostindie… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Floods do have multiple aspects: they are integral phenomena by nature. In this paper we
deal with the meteorological aspects, which need to be adequately understood in order to …

An investigation of the presence of atmospheric rivers over the North Pacific during planetary-scale wave life cycles and their role in Arctic warming

C Baggett, S Lee, S Feldstein - Journal of the Atmospheric …, 2016 - journals.ametsoc.org
Heretofore, the tropically excited Arctic warming (TEAM) mechanism put forward that
localized tropical convection amplifies planetary-scale waves, which transport sensible and …

Identification of tropical‐extratropical interactions and extreme precipitation events in the Middle East based on potential vorticity and moisture transport

AJ De Vries, HG Ouwersloot… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Extreme precipitation events in the otherwise arid Middle East can cause flooding with
dramatic socioeconomic impacts. Most of these events are associated with tropical …

[HTML][HTML] Synoptic-scale control over modern rainfall and flood patterns in the Levant drylands with implications for past climates

M Armon, E Dente, JA Smith, Y Enzel… - Journal of …, 2018 - journals.ametsoc.org
Abouelmagd, A., M. Sultan, A. Milewski, AE Kehew, NC Sturchio, F. Soliman, RV
Krishnamurthy, and E. Cutrim, 2012: Toward a better understanding of palaeoclimatic …