The viewpoint taken in much of this text is that PCA is mainly a descriptive tool with no need
for rigorous distributional or model assumptions. This implies that it can be used on a wide …

The influence of the large-scale atmospheric circulation at several tropospheric levels on
wet season precipitation over 292 sites across the Mediterranean area is assessed. A …

The interannual and decadal variability of summer (June to September) air temperature over
the Mediterranean area is analyzed for the period 1950 to 1999. The combined influence of …

A climatological analysis of the synoptic scale cyclones that occur in the Mediterranean
region is carried out for an extended period of 40 years (1958–1997). The cyclones are …

Numerous studies analyze the temperature variations in the Mediterranean area due to the
anticipated impact of climate change in this part of the world. A number of studies examined …

The spatial distribution of the winter (December to February) precipitation over Greece was
related to the eastern North Atlantic-European scale mid-tropospheric circulation fields by …

Connection between the large scale 500 hPa geopotential height fields and precipitaiton
over Greece during winter time The spatial distribution of the winter (December to February) …

This investigation examines principal component (PC) methodology and the interpretation of
the displays, such as eigenvalue magnitude, loadings and scores, which the methodology …

The 105-year (1897–2001) surface air temperature record of the National Observatory of
Athens (NOA) has been analyzed to determine indications of significant deviations from long …

This paper studied hydrological drought identified by the Streamflow Drought Index (SDI) at
eight river-gauging stations in the Eastern Mediterranean part of Turkey for a roughly 43 …