Summer moisture availability over Europe in the hadley centre general circulation model based on the palmer drought severity index

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 155-172

  Jones, P D ^a   Hulme, M ^a   Briffa, K R ^a   Jones, C G ^a,c   Mitchell, J F B ^b   Murphy, J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Europe; Moisture availability; Palmer drought severity index; Principal component analysis

Indexed keywords

CLIMATIC CHANGE; DROUGHT PREDICTION; GCM; MOISTURE AVAILABILITY; PALMER DROUGHT SEVERITY INDEX; PERTURBED INTEGRATION;

EUROPE;

EID: 0029769246     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0088(199602)16:2<155::AID-JOC35>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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