Climatic change over the mediterranean and links to the more general atmospheric circulation

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 651-661

  Reddaway, Jenny M ^a   Bigg, Grant R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climatic change; Indian Monsoon; Mediterranean Sea; Sahel

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GCM; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0030432455     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0088(199606)16:6<651::AID-JOC27>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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