The record precipitation and flood event in Iberia in december 1876: Description and synoptic analysis

Frontiers in Earth Science

Volumn 2, Issue April, 2014, Pages

  Trigo, Ricardo M ^a   Varino, Filipa ^a   Ramos, Alexandre M ^a   Valente, Maria A ^a   Zêzere, José L ^b   Vaquero, José M ^c   Gouveia, Célia M ^a   Russo, Ana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO DE GEOGRAFIA E ORDENAMENTO DO TERRITÓRIO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atlantic storms; Atmospheric river; Extremes precipitation; Floods; NAO; Natural hazard

Indexed keywords

EID: 85014121325     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22966463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/feart.2014.00003     Document Type: Article

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