The effect of heat waves and drought on surface wind circulations in the Northeast of the Iberian Peninsula during the summer of 2003

Journal of Climate

Volumn 24, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 5416-5422

  Jiménez, Pedro A ^a,b   De Arellano, Jordi Vilà Guerau ^c   Gonzá Lez Rouco, J Fidel ^a   Navarro, Jorge ^b   Montá Vez, Juan P ^d   García Bustamante, Elena ^a,b   Dudhia, Jimy ^e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b CIEMAT   (Spain)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Diurnal effects; Drought; Europe; Mesoscale processes; Soil moisture; Wind

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE SIMULATIONS; DIURNAL EFFECTS; DIURNAL VARIABILITY; DIURNAL WIND; DROUGHT CONDITIONS; EUROPE; HEAT WAVES; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HIGH-DENSITY; IBERIAN PENINSULA; MESOSCALE CIRCULATION; MESOSCALE MODELING; MESOSCALE PROCESS; REGIONAL CLIMATE; REGIONAL LEVELS; SURFACE WINDS; SYNOPTIC CONDITIONS; WIND SPEED; WIND SPEED FIELDS;

DROUGHT; SOIL MOISTURE; WIND EFFECTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATOLOGY; DIURNAL ACTIVITY; DROUGHT; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE WIND; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WIND VELOCITY;

EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA;

EID: 80755182275     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2011JCLI4061.1     Document Type: Article

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