Long-term changes in the frequency of cyclones and their trajectories in Central and Northern Europe

Nordic Hydrology

Volumn 36, Issue 4-5, 2005, Pages 297-309

  Sepp, Mait ^a   Post, Piia ^a   Jaagus, Jaak ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Central and Northern Europe; Climate variability; Cyclone trajectories

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); STATISTICAL METHODS; STORMS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; CYCLONE TRAJECTORIES;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE VARIATION; CYCLONE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; LONG-TERM CHANGE; TRAJECTORY;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 28944448269     PISSN: 00291277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/nh.2005.0023     Document Type: Article

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