Is the North Atlantic Oscillation the most important atmospheric pattern for precipitation in Europe?

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 105, Issue D9, 2000, Pages 11901-11910

  Qian, Budong ^a   Corte Real, João ^a   Xu, Hong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA LEVEL PRESSURE;

EUROPE;

EID: 0033785823     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000JD900102     Document Type: Article

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