Moisture recycling in the iberian peninsula from a regional climate simulation: Spatiotemporal analysis and impact on the precipitation regime

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 119, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 5895-5912

  Rios Entenza, Alexandre ^a   Soares, Pedro M M ^b,c   Trigo, Ricardo M ^b   Cardoso, Rita M ^b   Miguez Macho, Gonzalo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE ENGENHARIA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER RECYCLING; WEATHER FORECASTING;

IBERIAN PENINSULA; IMPACT ON AGRICULTURE; LAND-ATMOSPHERE INTERACTIONS; PRECIPITATION RECYCLING; PRECIPITATION REGIMES; REGIONAL CLIMATE SIMULATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING;

RAIN;

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; MOISTURE FLUX; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEMIARID REGION; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

IBERIAN PENINSULA;

EID: 84902791728     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JD021274     Document Type: Article

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