"This volume is the result of joint conferences, the 7th European Meteorological Society Annual Meeting and the 8th European Conference on Applications of Meteorology, held in El Escorial, Spain on October 1-5, 2007"--P. vii. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Ships' logbooks in climatological research: Reflections and prospects / D. Wheeler and R. Garcia-Herrera -- Proceedings of the 8th european conference on applications of meteorology, september 2007, madrid, spain / -- The enso signal in the stratosphere / N. Calvo, R. Garcia-Herrera and R.R. Garcia -- Hemispheric asymmetries in the quasibiennial oscillation signature on the mid- to high-latitude circulation of the stratosphere / C. Pena-Ortiz ... [et al.] -- Cryosphere-atmosphere interaction related to variability and change of northern hemisphere annular mode / R. Bojariu ... [et al.] -- The role of stochastic forcing on the behavior of thermohaline circulation / M.N. Lorenzo ... [et al.] -- Are reanalysis data useful for calculating climate indices over south america? / A.S. Dufek, T. Ambrizzi and R.P. da Rocha -- Classifications of atmospheric circulation patterns: Recent advances and applications / R. Huth ... [et al.] -- The intra-americas sea low-level jet: Overview and future research / J.A. Amador -- Large-scale factors in tropical and extratropical cyclone transition and extreme weather events / A.B. Pezza and I. Simmonds -- The impact of north atlantic wind and cyclone trends on european precipitation and significant wave height in the atlantic / R.M. Trigo ... [et al.] -- A climatology based on reanalysis of baroclinic developmental regions in the extratropical northern hemisphere / L. de la Torre ... [et al.] -- Identification and climatology of cut-off lows near the tropopause / R. Nieto ... [et al.] -- The estimation of probable maximum precipitation: The case of catalonia / M.C. Casas ... [et al.] -- Daily rainfall variability over northeastern argentina in the la plata river basin / N.O. Garcia and R.A. Pedraza -- Spatio-temporal upwelling trends along the canary upwelling system (1967-2006) / M. Gomez-Gesteira ... [et al.] -- Impacts of climate change and variability on european agriculture: Results of inventory analysis in cost 734 countries / S. Orlandini ... [et al.] -- Advances in urban climate modeling / J. Hidalgo ... [et al.].