On the intra-annual variability of atmospheric circulation in the Mediterranean region

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1339-1355

  Lolis, C J ^a   Metaxas, D A ^a   Bartzokas, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Atmospheric circulation; Intra annual variability; Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; CLIMATOLOGY; METEOROLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA LEVEL; WATER LEVELS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATIONS; CUT-OFF; EARTH'S SURFACE; FACTOR ANALYSIS; GEOSTROPHIC VORTICITY; HUMIDITY CHARACTERISTICS; INTRA-ANNUAL VARIABILITY; MEAN VALUES; MEDITERRANEAN; MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATES; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; FACTOR ANALYSIS; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SEA LEVEL; VORTICITY;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 49549108168     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1634     Document Type: Article

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