Inter-annual variability and long term predictability of exchanges through the Strait of Gibraltar

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 114, Issue , 2014, Pages 23-37

  Boutov, Dmitri ^a   Peliz, Álvaro ^b   Miranda, Pedro M A ^b   Soares, Pedro M M ^b   Cardoso, Rita M ^b   Prieto, Laura ^c   Ruiz, Javier ^c   García Lafuente, Jesus ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS MARINAS DE ANDALUCÍA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atmospheric forcing; Empirical orthogonal function; Exchanges; Inter annual variability; Regression models; Strait of Gibraltar

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; REGRESSION MODEL; STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ORTHOGONAL FUNCTIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEA LEVEL; TELEPHONE EXCHANGES;

TIME SERIES;

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BAROCLINIC MOTION; BAROTROPIC MOTION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WESTERLY;

STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR;

EID: 84893119173     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2013.12.009     Document Type: Article

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