Interannual summer air temperature variability over Greece and its connection to the large-scale atmospheric circulation and Mediterranean SSTs 1950-1999

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 537-554

  Xoplaki, E ^a,b   Gonzalez Rouco J F ^c,d   Gyalistras, D ^a   Luterbacher, J ^a   Rickli, R ^e   Wanner, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^e Meteotest   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; DECADAL VARIATION; GEOPOTENTIAL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

GREECE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0037992556     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-002-0291-3     Document Type: Article

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