The use of circulation weather types to predict upwelling activity along the western Iberian Peninsula coast

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 69, Issue , 2013, Pages 38-51

  Ramos, Alexandre M ^a   Pires, Ana Cordeiro ^b   Sousa, Pedro M ^a   Trigo, Ricardo M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Circulation weather types; Prediction; Statistical model; Upwelling; Western Iberian Peninsula

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; DATA SET; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATER; UPWELLING;

IBERIAN PENINSULA;

EID: 84885117313     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2013.08.019     Document Type: Article

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