Seasonality in precipitation variability over Europe

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2004, Pages

  Zveryaev, Igor I ^a  

^a SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Europe; Precipitation; Teleconnections

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; CLIMATOLOGY; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEASONALITY; TELECONNECTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 2642583278     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003jd003668     Document Type: Article

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