Surface wind regionalization in complex terrain

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 308-325

  Jimenez P A ^a   González Rouco, J Fidel ^a   Montavez J P ^b   Navarro, J ^c   Garcia Bustamante E ^a   Valero, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^c CIEMAT   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEA LEVEL; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHY;

COMPLEX TERRAIN REGION; DAILY WIND VARIABILITY; MERIDIONAL WIND VARIABILITY;

WIND;

COMPLEX TERRAIN; PRESSURE FIELD; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGIONALIZATION; SURFACE WIND; TOPOGRAPHY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NAVARRA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 40449125897     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JAMC1483.1     Document Type: Article

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