North Atlantic atmospheric regimes and winter extremes in the Iberian peninsula

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 971-980

  Ortizbevia M J ^a   Sanchezgomez E ^b   Alvarez Garcia F J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; EXTREME EVENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); WINTER;

IBERIAN PENINSULA;

EID: 79953181298     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-11-971-2011     Document Type: Article

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