An analysis of the climate variability over the Mediterranean sea by means of the surface water vapour density

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 25, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 1731-1748

  Schiano, M Elisabetta ^a   Sparnocchia, S ^b   Cappa, C ^a   Bozzano, R ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Mediterranean; Tropicalization; Water vapour density

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATERS; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; VAPORS;

EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECAST (CO); MARINE THERMAL STRATIFICATION; TROPICALIZATION; WATER VAPOUR DENSITY;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE VARIATION; HUMIDITY; SEA SURFACE; WATER VAPOR;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 27744537262     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1214     Document Type: Article

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