Precipitation over Greenland and its relation to the North Atlantic Oscillation

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 104, Issue D18, 1999, Pages 22103-22115

  Bromwich, David H ^a,b   Chen, Qiu Shi ^a   Li, Yufang ^a,c   Cullather, Richard I ^a,d  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

GREENLAND;

EID: 0040286645     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JD900373     Document Type: Article

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