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A highly significant lunar nodal tidal term has been obtained in climatic (atmospheric pressure, rainfall, evaporation, river discharge, air temperature) and oceanic (sea surface temperature, mean sea level) data from the Western Mediterranean area. Analysis of the waveforms for the examined parameters shows a sudden switch of phase at the turn of the century. A physical explanation for both the origin and the characteristics of the obtained waves is proposed.
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Mazzarella, A., Palumbo, A. The lunar nodal induced-signal in climatic and oceanic data over the Western Mediterranean area and on its bistable phasing. Theor Appl Climatol 50, 93–102 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00864906
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