Iberia winter rainfall trends based upon changes in teleconnection and circulation patterns

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 63, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 171-176

  Lopez Bustins, Joan Albert ^a   Martin Vide, Javier ^a   Sanchez Lorenzo, Arturo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

circulation patterns; Iberian Peninsula; rainfall trends; teleconnection indices

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CIRCULATION MODELING; CLIMATE CHANGE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; SEA LEVEL; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TELECONNECTION; WINTER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 51449114705     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2007.09.002     Document Type: Article

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