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The Canary Islands constitute an isolated spot of great interest which has been poorly studied from a climatic point of view. The archipelago is located in the subtropical North Atlantic under the influence of the semipermanent high pressure system centered centered at 30°N-40°N in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean. However, the Islands’steep orography makes them much wetter that is usual at these latitudes.
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Puyol, D.G., Herrera, R.G., Martín, E.H., Presa, L.G., Rodríguez, P.R. (2002). Major influences on precipitation in the Canary Islands. In: Beniston, M. (eds) Climatic Change: Implications for the Hydrological Cycle and for Water Management. Advances in Global Change Research, vol 10. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47983-4_3
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