Understanding precipitation changes in Iberia in early spring: Weather typing and storm-tracking approaches

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 101-113

  Paredes, Daniel ^a,b   Trigo, Ricardo M ^b,c   Garcia Herrera, Ricardo ^a   Trigo, Isabel Franco ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSIDADE LUSÓFONA DE HUMANIDADES E TECNOLOGIAS   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); STORM TRACK; WEATHER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33645550641     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM472.1     Document Type: Article

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