Spatial modelling of air temperature and precipitation for Andorra (Pyrenees) from daily circulation patterns

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 96, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 43-56

  Esteban, Pesteban ^a,b   Ninyerola, Miguel ^c   Prohom, M ^b,d  

^a Institut d'Estudis Andorrans (CENMA/IEA)   (Andorra)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d Meteorological Service of Catalonia   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DATA QUALITY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANDORRA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; EURASIA; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PYRENEES; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 64749101706     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-008-0035-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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