Where does the Iberian Peninsula moisture come from? An answer based on a Lagrangian approach

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 421-436

  Gimeno, Luis ^a   Nieto, Raquel ^a,b   Trigo, Ricardo M ^b   Vicente Serrano, Sergio M ^c   López Moreno, Juan Ignacio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AIR MASS; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; HUMIDITY; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; MOISTURE FLUX; POINT SOURCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WATER BUDGET;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); GULF OF MEXICO; IBERIAN PENINSULA;

EID: 77953351255     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JHM1182.1     Document Type: Article

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