Sea level pressure departures in the Mediterranean and their relationship with monthly rainfall conditions in Israel

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 60, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 93-109

  Kutiel, H ^a   Paz, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Israel; Mapping; Precipitation assessment; Pressure effect; Temporal variation

Indexed keywords

MAPPING; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRESSURE EFFECT; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ISRAEL;

EID: 0032465658     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007040050036     Document Type: Article

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