Changes in present and future circulation types frequency in northwest Iberian Peninsula

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Lorenzo, María N ^a   Ramos, Alexandre M ^a   Taboada, Juan J ^b   Gimeno, Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b MeteoGalicia   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORECASTING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; METHODOLOGY; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PREDICTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIMULATION; SPRING; SUMMER; WEATHER; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WINTER; AIR; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EUROPE; HURRICANE; SEASON;

AIR MOVEMENTS; AIR PRESSURE; CLIMATE; CLIMATIC PROCESSES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYCLONIC STORMS; EUROPE; FORECASTING; SEASONS;

EID: 79251620230     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016201     Document Type: Article

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