Abstract: This paper analyzes the statistical relationship between the total ozone column (TOC) and atmospheric blocking using 40-yr European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) Re-Analysis (ERA-40) data for the 1978?98 ...

Abstract: A peaks-over-threshold (POT) approach is used to study trends in extreme rainfall over the Iberian Peninsula (IP) at a daily scale. Records from 52 observatories regularly distributed over Iberia with no missing data were ...

Abstract: An attempt is made to find the main monthly modes of variation of precipitation over the Iberian Peninsula. The modes of variation of precipitation were derived from principal component analysis. The dataset used consists ...

Abstract: In this study trends in extreme rainfall over the Iberian Peninsula at a daily scale in the second half of the twentieth century have been detected and analyzed. For this goal 35 stations evenly distributed over the region ...

Abstract: This study presents the first multidecadal climatology of cutoff low systems in the Northern Hemisphere. The climatology was constructed by using 41 yr (1958?98) of NCEP?NCAR reanalysis data and identifying cutoff lows by ...