Long-term trends in precipitation and temperature in the Norwegian Arctic: Can they be explained by changes in atmospheric circulation patterns?

Climate Research

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 143-153

  Hanssen Bauer, I ^a   Forland E J ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Arctic; Atmospheric circulation; Climate charge; Precipitation (climatology); Svalbard and Jan Mayen; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TEMPERATURE;

ARCTIC; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 0032516940     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr010143     Document Type: Article

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