Upwelling along the western coast of the Iberian Peninsula: Dependence of trends on fitting strategy

Climate Research

Volumn 48, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 213-218

  Santos, F ^a   Gomez Gesteira M ^a   DeCastro, M ^a   Alvarez I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Coastal upwelling; Natural variability; Trends

Indexed keywords

COASTAL UPWELLING; COMPLEX FUNCTIONS; IBERIAN PENINSULA; LINEAR TERMS; NATURAL VARIABILITY; NCEP/NCAR; REANALYSIS PROJECT; SIMPLE LINEAR REGRESSION; SOLAR ACTIVITY; TRENDS; UPWELLING INDICES; UPWELLING INTENSITY; WIND DATA;

SOLAR ENERGY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

DIAMETER; LINEARITY; PERIODICITY; REGRESSION; SOLAR ACTIVITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; UPWELLING;

IBERIAN PENINSULA;

EID: 80052459589     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: 16161572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr00972     Document Type: Article

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