Influence of the intensification of the major oceanic moisture sources on continental precipitation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1443-1450

  Gimeno, Luis ^a   Nieto, Raquel ^a   Drumond, Anita ^a   Castillo, Rodrigo ^a   Trigo, Ricardo ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSIDADE LUSÓFONA DE HUMANIDADES E TECNOLOGIAS   (Portugal)

Author keywords

climate change; oceanic sources of moisture; Transport of moisture; water cycle

Indexed keywords

BOREAL WINTERS; CENTRAL AMERICA; CONTINENTAL AREA; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLES; LAGRANGIAN MODELS; MOISTURE SOURCES; MULTI-MODEL ENSEMBLE; WATER CYCLE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; EVAPORATION; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; LASERS; PHASE TRANSITIONS;

MOISTURE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; EVAPORATION; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; MOISTURE TRANSFER; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

ASIA; CENTRAL AMERICA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA;

EID: 84876907911     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50338     Document Type: Article

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