Effects of teleconnection patterns on the atmospheric routes, precipitation and deposition amounts in the north-eastern Iberian Peninsula

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 89, Issue , 2014, Pages 482-490

  Izquierdo, Rebeca ^a   Alarcón, Marta ^b   Aguillaume, Laura ^a   Ávila, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Back trajectories; Deposition; NAO; Precipitation chemistry; WeMO; West Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; MARINE POLLUTION; POLLUTION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); PRODUCTION PLATFORMS;

BACK-TRAJECTORIES; NAO; PRECIPITATION CHEMISTRY; WEMO; WEST MEDITERRANEANS;

DEPOSITION;

AMMONIA; CHLORINE; HYDROGEN; MAGNESIUM; NITRATE; SODIUM ION;

AIRFLOW; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ANTICYCLONE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CLIMATE CHANGE; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SCAVENGING (CHEMISTRY); TELECONNECTION; TRAJECTORY;

ADVECTION; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WINTER;

IBERIAN PENINSULA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (WEST);

EID: 84895957509     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.02.057     Document Type: Article

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