Relationships between circulation strength and the variability of growing-season and cold-season climate in northern and central Europe

Holocene

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 643-656

  Jones, Philip D ^a   Briffa, Keith R ^a   Osborn, Timothy J ^a   Moberg, Anders ^b   Bergström, Hans ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Atmospheric circulation; Climate; Drought; Europe; Growing season; Instrumental records; Precipitation; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; GROWING SEASON; HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EUROPE;

EID: 0036854866     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0959683602hl577rp     Document Type: Article

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