Impacts of the North Atlantic oscillation on scandinavian hydropower production and energy markets

Water Resources Management

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 673-691

  Cherry, Jessie ^a   Cullen, Heidi ^b   Visbeck, Martin ^a   Small, Arthur ^c   Uvo, Cintia ^d  

^a Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Climate impacts; Energy; Hydropower; North Atlantic oscillation; Social impacts

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; MARKETING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLIMATE IMPACTS; ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY MARKETS; HYDROPOWER PRODUCTION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION (NAO);

HYDROELECTRIC POWER;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY RESOURCE; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 29244457236     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-005-3279-z     Document Type: Article

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