Daily atmospheric circulation events and extreme precipitation risk in northeast Spain: Role of the North Atlantic Oscillation, the Western Mediterranean Oscillation, and the Mediterranean Oscillation

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Vicente Serrano, Sergio M ^a   Beguería, Santiago ^b   López Moreno, Juan I ^a   El Kenawy, Ahmed M ^a   Angulo Martínez, Marta ^b  

^a INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; PRODUCTION PLATFORMS; RISK ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION PATTERNS; EVENT-BASED; EXTREME PRECIPITATION; MOUNTAINOUS AREA; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; NORTHEAST SPAIN; NOVEL METHODS; PROBABILISTIC ANALYSIS; RETURN PERIODS; SPATIAL MODELING; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; TOTAL PRECIPITATION; WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN; WINTER MONTHS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; EXTREME EVENT; GIS; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 66949167766     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD011492     Document Type: Article

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