Winter climate regimes over the North Atlantic and European region in ERA40 reanalysis and DEMETER seasonal hindcasts

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 290-307

  Fil, Clarisse ^a   Dubus, L ^a  

^a Research and Development Division   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; HINDCASTING; SEASONALITY; WINTER;

EID: 18544372760     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0870.2005.00127.x     Document Type: Article

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