Relative importance of Northern Hemisphere circulation modes in predicting regional climate change

Journal of Climate

Volumn 17, Issue 21, 2004, Pages 4180-4189

  Rauthe, Monika ^a   Paeth, Heiko ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ALEUTIAN LOW (AL); GREENHOUSE GASES (GHG); NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION (NAO); NORTHERN HEMISPHERE ANNULAR MODE (NAM); SULFATE AEROSOLS (SUL);

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE PREDICTION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; REGIONAL CLIMATE;

EID: 10344260911     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3140.1     Document Type: Article

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