Climatology of wind patterns in the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 501-525

  Jiménez, Pedro A ^a,b   González Rouco, J Fidel ^a   Montávez, Juan P ^c   García Bustamante, Elena ^a,b   Navarro, Jorge ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b CIEMAT   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Complex terrain; Multivariate analysis; Surface circulation variability; Synoptic classification; Wind field classification

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX TERRAIN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SURFACE CIRCULATION VARIABILITY; SYNOPTIC CLASSIFICATION; WIND FIELD CLASSIFICATION;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLIMATOLOGY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; LANDFORMS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SEA LEVEL;

SURFACE ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATOLOGY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPLEX TERRAIN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OROGRAPHY; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SURFACE WIND; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; WIND FIELD;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 67649973747     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1705     Document Type: Article

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