Springtime connections between the large-scale sea-level pressure field and gust wind speed over Iberia and the Balearics

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 191-203

  Martin M L ^a   Valero, F ^b   Pascual, A ^b   Morata, A ^c   Luna, M Y ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c Agencia Estatal de Meteorología Madrid ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; GUST; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PRESSURE FIELD; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SPRING (SEASON); WIND VELOCITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); BALEARIC ISLANDS; IBERIAN PENINSULA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SPAIN;

EID: 79251470768     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-11-191-2011     Document Type: Article

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