Wintertime circulation types over the Iberian Peninsula: Long-term variability and relationships with weather extremes

Climate Research

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 205-227

  Fernandez Montes S ^a   Seubert, S ^b   Rodrigo, F S ^a   Hertig, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Daily extremes; Iberian Peninsula; Precipitation; Temperature; Winter circulation types; Within type changes

Indexed keywords

20TH CENTURY; CENTRAL STATIONS; DAILY EXTREMES; EXTREME PRECIPITATION; EXTREME TEMPERATURES; FORCINGS; HIGHER FREQUENCIES; IBERIAN PENINSULA; LONG-TERM VARIABILITY; LOW FREQUENCY; MONTE CARLO; REGIONAL FEATURE; RESAMPLING; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SURFACE CIRCULATION; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WEATHER EXTREMES; WINTER CIRCULATION; WITHIN-TYPE CHANGES;

CLIMATOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SEA LEVEL; SIMULATED ANNEALING; TEMPERATURE;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ANTICYCLONE; DIURNAL VARIATION; EXTREME EVENT; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND DIRECTION; WINTER;

FRANCE; IBERIAN PENINSULA;

EID: 84864773167     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: 16161572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr01095     Document Type: Article

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