Observed trends and future projections for winter warm events in the Ebro basin, northeast Iberian Peninsula

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 49-60

  Lopez Moreno J I ^a   El Kenawy, A ^a,b   Revuelto, J ^a   Azorin Molina C ^a   Moran Tejeda E ^a,c   Lorenzo Lacruz, J ^a   Zabalza, J ^a   Vicente Serrano, S M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b Mansoura University   (Egypt)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Climatic indices; Ebro basin; Iberian Peninsula; Regional climate models; Trends; Winter warm events

Indexed keywords

CLIMATIC INDEX; EBRO BASIN; IBERIAN PENINSULA; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS; TRENDS; WINTER WARM EVENTS;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; REGIONAL CLIMATE; WARMING; WEATHER FORECASTING; WINTER;

EBRO BASIN; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SPAIN;

EID: 84891743195     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.3665     Document Type: Article

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