Classification of daily abundant rainfall patterns and associated large-scale atmospheric circulation types in Southern Portugal

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 537-544

  Fragoso, Marcelo ^a   Tildes Gomes, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Large scale atmospheric circulation types; Principal components analysis; Rainfall patterns; Southern Portugal

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RAIN; SEA LEVEL;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; RAINFALL PATTERN;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA SET; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RAINSTORM; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 41449118894     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1564     Document Type: Article

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