Klaus - An exceptional winter storm over northern Iberia and southern France

Weather

Volumn 66, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 330-334

  Liberato, Margarida L R ^a,b   Pinto, Joaquim G ^c   Trigo, Isabel F ^b,d   Trigo, Ricardo M ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DO MAR E DA ATMOSFERA   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSIDADE LUSÓFONA DE HUMANIDADES E TECNOLOGIAS   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; JET; STORM; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY; WIND; WINTER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); AZORES; FRANCE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; PORTUGAL;

EID: 82355161530     PISSN: 00431656     EISSN: 14778696     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wea.755     Document Type: Article

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