NAO influence on extreme winter temperatures in Madrid (Spain)

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2077-2085

  Prieto, L ^a   Garcia, R ^a   Diaz, J ^b   Hernandez, E ^a   del Teso, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics (climatology; synoptic scale meteorology; general or miscellaneous)

Indexed keywords

EXTREME EVENT; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; REGIONAL CLIMATE; TEMPERATURE; WINTER;

MADRID; SPAIN;

EID: 0036967394     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-20-2077-2002     Document Type: Article

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