Relationship between daily atmospheric circulation types and winter dry/wet spells in western Iran

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1056-1068

  Raziei, Tayeb ^a   Bordi, Isabella ^b   Pereira, Luis S ^c   Corte Real, João ^d   Santos, João A ^e  

^a SOIL CONSERVATION AND WATERSHED MANAGEMENT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

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

Author keywords

Circulation types; Dry wet events; Iran; Large scale patterns; Precipitation extremes

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION PATTERNS; CLIMATIC VARIABILITY; DRY AND WET; DRY/WET EVENTS; GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT; IRAN; K-MEANS CLUSTERING TECHNIQUES; LARGE-SCALE PATTERNS; NON-ITERATIVE; PERFORMANCE INDICES; PRECIPITATION DATA; PRECIPITATION EXTREMES; ROTATED PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; SPACE AND TIME; STANDARDIZED PRECIPITATION INDEX; SUB-REGIONS; WEATHER STATIONS;

CLIMATOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; DRY SEASON; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; WET SEASON; WINTER;

IRAN;

EID: 84861970850     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.2330     Document Type: Article

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