Spatial and temporal 850 hPa air temperature and sea-surface temperature covariances in the Mediterranean region and their connection to atmospheric circulation

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 663-676

  Lolis, C J ^a   Bartzokas, A ^a   Katsoulis, B D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

850 hPa air temperature; Canonical correlation analysis; Factor analysis; Mediterranean oscillation; Mediterranean Sea; Sea surface temperature (SST)

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CORRELATION METHODS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TIME MEASUREMENT; TROPOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATIONS;

AIR;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; GEOPOTENTIAL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 0036575895     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.759     Document Type: Article

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