Responses of European precipitation distributions and regimes to different blocking locations

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 48, Issue 3-4, 2017, Pages 1141-1160

  Sousa, Pedro M ^a   Trigo, Ricardo M ^a   Barriopedro, David ^b,c   Soares, Pedro M M ^a   Ramos, Alexandre M ^a   Liberato, Margarida L R ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE GEOCIENCIAS   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Atmospheric blocking; Europe; PDF; Precipitation; Weather regimes

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC BLOCKING; EXTREME EVENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; STORM TRACK; ZONAL FLOW;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EUROPE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 84964455449     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-016-3132-5     Document Type: Article

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