Atmospheric circulation patterns related to heavy snowfall days in Andorra, Pyrenees

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 319-329

  Esteban, Pere ^a,b   Jones, Philip D ^c   Martín Vide, Javier ^a   Mases, Montse ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b University of East Anglia ^*  (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d Institut d'Estudis Andorrans (CENMA/IEA)   (Andorra)

Author keywords

Andorra; Atmospheric circulation patterns; Avalanche forecasting; Clustering; Heavy snowfall days; Principal component analysis; Pyrenees

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ATMOSPHERICS; AVALANCHES (SNOWSLIDES); CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS;

ATMOSPHERIC SITUATIONS; HEAVY SNOWFALL; MOUNTAIN REGIONS; WINTER SEASON;

SNOW;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; MOUNTAIN REGION; SNOW; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY;

ANDORRA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 15744405805     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1103     Document Type: Article

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