Analysis and regionalization of northern European winter precipitation based on its relationship with the North Atlantic oscillation

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1185-1194

  Uvo, Cintia B ^a,b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

European precipitation; NAO; North Atlantic oscillation; Northern Europe; Precipitation; Regionalization; Winter precipitation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; WIND;

MOIST WINDS;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TEMPERATURE; WINTER;

EUROPE;

EID: 0042425021     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.930     Document Type: Article

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