'SSW to NNE' - North Atlantic Oscillation affects the progress of seasons across Europe

Global Change Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 909-918

  Menzel, A ^a   Sparks, T H ^b   Estrella, N ^a   Eckhardt, S ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Latitudinal gradients; Longitudinal gradients; North Atlantic Oscillation; Phenology; Seasons

Indexed keywords

NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PHENOLOGY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 20844442100     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2005.00954.x     Document Type: Article

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