Analysis of wintertime atmospheric moisture transport and its variability over southern Europe in the NCEP reanalyses

Climate Research

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 195-215

  Fernández, Jesús ^a   Sáenz, Jon ^a   Zorita, Eduardo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mediterranean; Moisture; Precipitation; Southern Europe; Variability; Winter

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; WINTER;

(SOUTH); EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

AVES; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO;

EID: 0038353553     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr023195     Document Type: Article

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