Winter precipitation variability and large-scale circulation patterns in Romania

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 81, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 193-201

  Tomozeiu, Rodica ^a   Stefan, Sabina ^b   Busuioc, Aristita ^c  

^a ARPA Servizio Meteorologico Regionale   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^c National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); WINTER;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ROMANIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 21844433494     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-004-0082-3     Document Type: Article

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