Influence of synoptic scale in the generation of extremely cold days in Europe

Atmosfera

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 389-401

  Cony, M ^a   Hernandez E ^a   Del Teso, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

ECD over Europe; Extremely cold days; GWL patterns

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; ESTIMATION METHOD; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 54849405547     PISSN: 01876236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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