The North Atlantic Oscillation and its imprint on precipitation and ice accumulation in Greenland

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1939-1942

  Appenzeller, C ^a   Schwander, J ^a   Sommer, S ^a   Stocker, T F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; WEATHER FORECASTING; ICE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ACCUMULATION HISTORY; COMPLEMENTARY DATA; EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS; ICE ACCUMULATION; INTERANNUAL; LONG TIME SERIES; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; SNOW ACCUMULATION;

ICE; CLIMATOLOGY;

ICE CORE ACCUMULATION;

ICE ACCUMULATION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION;

GREENLAND;

EID: 0032100206     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL01227     Document Type: Article

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