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27:244–264. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00272.1
Peings Y, Magnusdottir G (2014b) Forcing of the wintertime atmospheric circulation by the
multidecadal fluctuations of the North Atlantic Ocean. Environ Res Lett 9:034018. https://doi.
org/10.1088/1748-9326/9/3/034018
Peng SL, Robinson WU, Li SL, Hoerling MP (2005) Tropical Atlantic SST forcing of coupled
North Atlantic seasonal responses. J Climate 18:480–496. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-3270.1
Petterssen S (1956) Weather analysis and forecasting. In: Motion and motion systems, vol
1. McGraw Hill, New York, 428 pp
Pfeifroth U, Sanchez-Lorenzo A, Manara V et al (2018) Trends and variability of surface solar
radiation in Europe based on surface- and satellite-based data records. J Geophys Res
123:1735–1754. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JD027418
Pinto JG, Ulbrich U, Leckebusch GC et al (2007) Changes in storm track and cyclone activity in
three SRES ensemble experiments with the ECHAM5/MPI-OM1 GCM (2007). Clim Dyn
29:195. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-007-0230-4
Polvorinos F, Sánchez-Laulhé JM, Muñoz J et al (1999) Lluvias fuertes en Melilla. IV Simposio
Nacional de Predicción del Instituto Nacional de Meteorología. Instituto Nacional de
Meteorología, Madrid, pp 77–85. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11765/4208
Prospero JM, Collard FX, Molinié J et al (2014) Characterizing the annual cycle of African dust
transport to the Caribbean Basin and South America and its impact on the environment and air
quality. Glob Biogeochem Cy 28:757–773. https://doi.org/10.1002/2013GB004802
Radinovic D (1987) Mediterranean cyclones and their influence on the weather and climate. WMO
PSMP Rep, Ser Num 24
Raveh-Rubin S, Flaounas E (2017) A dynamical link between deep Atlantic extratropical cyclones
and intense Mediterranean cyclones. Atmos Sci Lett 18:215–221. https://doi.org/10.1002/asl.
745
Raveh-Rubin S, Wernli H (2015) Large-scale wind and precipitation extremes in the
Mediterranean – a climatological analysis for 1979–2012. Q J Roy Meteor Soc
141:2404–2417. https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.2531
Ravelo-Pérez LM, Rodríguez S, Galindo L et al (2016) Soluble iron dust export in the high altitude
Saharan Air Layer. Atmos Environ 133:49–59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2016.03.030
Reiter R (1975) Handbook for forecasters in the Mediterranean. Paper No. 5-75. Naval PostGraduate School, Monterey, CA, 344 pp
Ribera P, Garcia R, Diaz HF et al (2000) Trends and interannual oscillations in the main sea-level
surface pressure patterns over the Mediterranean. Geophys Res Lett 27:1143–1146. https://doi.
org/10.1029/1999GL010899
Riesco J, Polvorinos F, Nuñez JA et al (2015) Climatología de tornados en España Peninsular y
Baleares. Ministerio de Agricultura, Alimentación y Medio Ambiente; Agencia Estatal de
Meteorología. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11765/713
Robertson AW, Mechoso CR, Kim YJ (2000) The influence of the Atlantic sea surface temperature
anomalies on the North Atlantic Oscillation. J Clim 13:122–138. https://doi.org/10.1175/15200442(2000)013%3C0122:TIOASS%3E2.0.CO;2
Rodrigo F, Esteban-Parra M, Pozo-Vázquez D et al (1999) A 500-year precipitation record in
Southern Spain. Int J Climatol 19:1233–1253. https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1097-0088
(199909)19:11%3C1233::AID-JOC413%3E3.0.CO;2-L
Rodríguez S, Cuevas E, Prospero JM et al (2015) Modulation of Saharan dust export by the North
African dipole. Atmos Chem Phys 15:7471–7486. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-7471-2015
Rodríguez-Puebla C, Encinas AH et al (1998) Spatial and temporal patterns of annual precipitation
variability over the Iberian Peninsula. Int J Climatol 18:299–316. https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)
1097-0088(19980315)18:3%3C299::AID-JOC247%3E3.0.CO;2-L
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