Comprehensive analysis of the climate variability in the eastern Mediterranean. Part II: Relationships between atmospheric circulation patterns and surface climatic elements

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1351-1371

  Kostopoulou, E ^a,b   Jones, P D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Circulation patterns; Eastern Mediterranean; Precipitation; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); TOPOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION PATTERNS; WINTER PATTERNS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 34548021014     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1466     Document Type: Article

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