The Climatology of Air-Mass and Frontal Extreme Precipitation

Presents for the first time the climatology of air mass and frontal extreme precipitation on a European scale

Offers extensive numerical data comprising daily precipitation totals collected over 58 years in more than 500 meteorological stations in Europe

Includes a rich collection of maps and graphs showing the territorial extent of air-mass and frontal precipitation occurrence in Europe

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The Climatology of Air-Mass and Frontal Extreme Precipitation (Study of meteorological data in Europe).- Definitions and Indices of Precipitation Extremes.- Air-mass and Frontal Extreme Precipitation.- Regionalisation of Air-mass and Frontal Precipitation Occurrence in Europe.- Air-mass and Frontal Extreme Precipitation Occurrence and the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO).- Air-mass and Frontal Extreme Precipitation Occurrence in Synoptic Situations