Weather regimes and their connection to the winter rainfall in Portugal

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 33-50

  Santos, J A ^a,b   Corte Real, J ^a,c   Leite, S M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

K means; Large scale circulation; Portugal; Rainfall regimes; Winter precipitation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; OSCILLATIONS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SEA LEVEL; STATISTICAL METHODS;

K-MEANS CLUSTER ANALYSIS; SEA-LEVEL PRESSURE FIELDS; WEATHER DISTRIBUTION; WINTERTIME RAINFALL;

RAIN;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM; RAINFALL; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; WINTER;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 13644249256     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1101     Document Type: Article

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