Are stronger North-Atlantic southwesterlies the forcing to the late-winter warming in Europe?

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 743-750

  Otterman, J ^a   Atlas, R ^a   Chou, S H ^a   Jusem, J C ^b   Pielke Sr , R A ^c   Chase, T N ^d   Rogers, J ^e   Russell, G L ^f   Schubert, S D ^a   Sud, Y C ^a   Terry, J ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b GENERAL SCIENCES CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^e OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Advancement of spring in Europe; Atlantic southwesterlies; Climate trends; Ocean to land advection

Indexed keywords

AIR; CORRELATION METHODS; DATA REDUCTION;

INSOLATION;

WIND EFFECTS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CLIMATE FORCING; SURFACE WIND; WARMING; WESTERLY; WINTER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EUROPE;

EID: 0036575161     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.681     Document Type: Article

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