Extreme winter precipitation in the Iberian Peninsula in 2010: Anomalies, driving mechanisms and future projections

Climate Research

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 51-65

  Vicente Serrano, Sergio M ^a   Trigo, Ricardo M ^b   López Moreno, Juan I ^a   Liberato, Margarida L R ^b   Lorenzo Lacruz, Jorge ^a   Beguería, Santiago ^c   Morán Tejeda, Enrique ^a   El Kenawy, Ahmed ^a  

^a INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Atmospheric circulation; Climate change; Extreme events; Natural hazards; North Atlantic Oscillation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE CHANGE;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; DRIVING MECHANISM; EXTREME EVENTS; FUTURE PROJECTIONS; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; IBERIAN PENINSULA; LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS; NAO INDEX; NATURAL HAZARDS; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; PRECIPITATION EPISODES; WINTER PRECIPITATION;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE MODELING; EXTREME EVENT; METEOROLOGICAL HAZARD; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PRESSURE GRADIENT; STORM; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; WINTER;

IBERIAN PENINSULA;

EID: 79955759568     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: 16161572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr00977     Document Type: Article

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