Homogenization and assessment of observed near-surface wind speed trends over Spain and Portugal, 1961-2011

Journal of Climate

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 3692-3712

  Azorin Molina, Cesar ^a   Vicente Serrano, Sergio M ^a   Mcvicar, Tim R ^b   Jerez, Sonia ^c   Sanchez Lorenzo, Arturo ^d   López Moreno, Juan I ^a   Revuelto, Jesus ^a   Trigo, Ricardo M ^c   Lopez Bustins, Joan A ^e   Espírito Santo, Fátima ^f  

^a INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^f INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DO MAR E DA ATMOSFERA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WIND POWER;

ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH; EVAPORATIVE DEMANDS; LONG-TERM TREND; MESOSCALE MODEL; NEAR-SURFACE WINDS; PENNSYLVANIA; PORTUGAL; WIND SPEED;

WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; HOMOGENEITY; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; RECONSTRUCTION; TREND ANALYSIS; WIND FIELD; WIND VELOCITY;

PORTUGAL; SPAIN;

EID: 84899510060     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00652.1     Document Type: Article

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