Variability of moisture sources in the Mediterranean region during the period 1980-2000

Water Resources Research

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 6781-6794

  Gõmez Hernández, Mar ^a   Drumond, Anita ^b   Gimeno, Luis ^b   Garcia Herrera, Ricardo ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE GEOCIENCIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

interannual variability; Mediterranean region; moisture transport; seasonal variability

Indexed keywords

EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; LAGRANGIAN DISPERSION MODEL; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MOISTURE TRANSPORT; SEASONAL AND INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; BUDGET CONTROL; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; EVAPORATION;

MOISTURE;

ANNUAL VARIATION; HUMIDITY; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; MOISTURE CONTENT; MOISTURE TRANSFER; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL PERIOD;

IBERIAN PENINSULA; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (EAST); MEDITERRANEAN SEA (WEST);

EID: 84886056528     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wrcr.20538     Document Type: Article

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