The role of large-scale eddies in the occurrence of winter precipitation deficits in Portugal

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1493-1507

  Santos, J A ^a   Andrade, C ^b,c   Corte Real, J ^c   Leite, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE TOMAR   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Droughts; Eddy fluxes; Extreme precipitation; Forcing functions; Portugal

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; ATMOSPHERIC FLOWS; BAROTROPIC STRUCTURES; CONTINENTAL AREA; DRY CONDITION; DYNAMICAL MECHANISMS; DYNAMICAL STRUCTURE; EDDY FLUXES; EDDY TRANSPORTS; ELIASSEN-PALM FLUX; EXTREME PRECIPITATION; FORCING FUNCTION; FORCING FUNCTIONS; GENERATING MECHANISM; HIGH POTENTIAL; LARGE-SCALE CIRCULATION; LARGE-SCALE EDDIES; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; PORTUGAL; STATIONARY WAVE PATTERNS; TRANSIENT TRANSPORT; WET WINTERS; WINTER PRECIPITATION;

ATMOSPHERICS; DROUGHT; ENTHALPY; JETS; RAIN;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; DROUGHT; EDDY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; POLAR FRONT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); STANDING WAVE; WINTER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 69949098492     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1818     Document Type: Article

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