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Hartmann D.L., (1994). Global physical climatology. International Geophysics series, volume 56. Academic Press, 412 pp.

IPCC (2007). Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Solomon, S., D. Qin, M. Manning, Z. Chen, M. Marquis, K.B. Averyt, M.Tignor and H.L. Miller (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA.

Kalnay, E. and XXI others (1996). The NCEP/NCAR 40-year reanalysis project. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc. 77: 437-471

Knauss J.A. (1997). Introduction to physical oceanography. Prentice Hall.

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Rayner N.A., D.E. Parker, E.B. Horton, C.K. Folland, L.V. Alexander, D.P. Rowell, E.C. Kent and A. Kaplan (2003). Global analyses of sea surface temperature, sea ice, and nigh marine aire temperature since the late nineteenth century. J. Geophys. Res. 108 (D14): 4407, doi:10.1029/2002JD002670

Wallace J.M. and P.V. Hobbs (2006). Atmospheric science: an introductory survey (2nd edition). International Geophysics Series 92, Associated press, 484pp.

Xie, P., and P. A. Arkin (1997). Global Precipitation: A 17-Year Monthly Analysis Based on Gauge Observations, Satellite Estimates, and Numerical Model Outputs. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc. 78: 2539-2558.