Precipitation in Europe in relation to circulation patterns at the 500 hPa level

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 253-269

  Wibig, Joanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

500 hPa geopotential level; Atlantic; Circulation patterns; Europe; precipitation; Principal components

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; GEOPOTENTIAL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

EUROPE;

EID: 0033559612     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0088(19990315)19:3<253::AID-JOC366>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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