Circulation-type classification derived on a climatic basis to study air quality dynamics over the Iberian Peninsula

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 2877-2897

  Valverde, Víctor ^a   Pay, María T ^a,b   Baldasano, José M ^a,c  

^a BARCELONA SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER   (Spain)

^b ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Air quality; Circulation types; Climate; COST733; ERA Interim; NO2; Synoptic classification

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; DYNAMICS; SEA LEVEL;

AUTOMATIC CLASSIFICATION; BACKGROUND CONCENTRATION; CIRCULATION TYPE CLASSIFICATIONS; CLIMATE; COST733; ERA INTERIMS; MEAN SEA LEVEL PRESSURES; SYNOPTIC CLASSIFICATION;

NITROGEN OXIDES;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATOLOGY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY;

IBERIAN PENINSULA;

EID: 84938960617     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.4179     Document Type: Article

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