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https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-24-227-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-24-227-2017
Research article
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24 May 2017
Research article |  | 24 May 2017

Influence of finite-time Lyapunov exponents on winter precipitation over the Iberian Peninsula

Daniel Garaboa-Paz, Nieves Lorenzo, and Vicente Pérez-Muñuzuri

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This paper evaluates the connection between winter precipitation over the Iberian Peninsula and the large-scale tropospheric mixing over the eastern Atlantic Ocean. Finite-time Lyapunov exponents (FTLEs) have been calculated from 1979 to 2008 to evaluate this mixing. Our study suggests that significant negative correlations exist between summer FTLE anomalies and winter precipitation over Portugal and Spain.