Shifts in the distributions of pressure, temperature and moisture and changes in the typical weather patterns in the Alpine region in response to the behavior of the North Atlantic Oscillation

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 71, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 29-42

  Beniston, M ^a   Jungo, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; MOISTURE; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; REGIONAL CLIMATE;

ALPS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0036176586     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s704-002-8206-7     Document Type: Article

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