Detecting quasi-oscillations in the monthly precipitation regimes of the Iberian Peninsula

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 819-832

  Morala, L ^a   Serrano, A ^a   Garcia J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics (climatology; precipitation); Oceanography: general (climate and interannual variability)

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

(NORTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SPAIN;

EID: 0038793665     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-21-819-2003     Document Type: Article

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