Variations in seasonal rainfall in Southern Europe during the present century: Relationships with the North Atlantic Oscillation and the El Niño-Southern Oscillation

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 275-284

  Rodo X ^a   Baert, E ^b   Comin, F A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EL NINO/SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; RAINFALL; REGIONAL WEATHER PATTERN; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AFRICA, (NORTH); IBERIAN PENINSULA; SPAIN, BALEARIC ISLANDS;

EID: 0031451083     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003820050165     Document Type: Article

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