Weather types and spatial variability of precipitation in the Iberian Peninsula

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2661-2677

  Cortesi, Nicola ^a   Gonzalez Hidalgo, José Carlos ^a   Trigo, Ricardo M ^b   Ramos, Alexandre M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Iberian Peninsula; Monthly precipitation; Weather types

Indexed keywords

REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STORMS;

CIRCULATION WEATHER TYPES; IBERIAN PENINSULA; INDEPENDENT VARIABLES; MONTHLY RAINFALLS; REGRESSION MODEL; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; WEATHER TYPES;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ANTICYCLONE; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

CANTABRIA; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SPAIN;

EID: 84902654253     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.3866     Document Type: Article

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