Winter precipitation over the Iberian peninsula and its relationship to circulation indices

Winter precipitation variability over the Iberian peninsula was investigated by obtaining the spatial and temporal patterns. Empirical Orthogonal Functions were used to describe the variance distribution and to compress the precipitation data into a few modes. The corresponding spatial patterns divi...

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Main Authors: C. Rodríguez-Puebla, A. H. Encinas, J. Sáenz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2001-01-01
Series:Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/5/233/2001/hess-5-233-2001.pdf