Cluster analysis of 4-day back trajectories arriving in the Barcelona area, Spain, from 1997 to 2002

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 887-901

  Jorba, Oriol ^a   Pérez, Carlos ^a   Rocadenbosch, Francesc ^a   Baldasano, José M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; KINEMATICS; TRAJECTORIES; TROPOSPHERE;

BACKWARD TRAJECTORIES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS;

METEOROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; TRAJECTORY; TROPOSPHERE;

BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 2942750674     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(2004)043<0887:CAODBT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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