Large-scale climate variability and connections with the Middle East in past centuries

Climatic Change

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 287-314

  Mann, Michael E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CALIBRATION; OSCILLATIONS;

SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 0036830422     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020582910569     Document Type: Review

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