A shift of the NAO and increasing storm track activity over Europe due to anthropogenic greenhouse gas forcing

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 551-559

  Ulbrich, U ^a   Christoph, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; BAROCLINIC WAVE; CIRCULATION MODELING; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION;

EID: 0032693781     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003820050299     Document Type: Article

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