Extending North Atlantic Oscillation reconstructions back to 1500

Atmospheric Science Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 1-4, 2001, Pages 114-124

  Luterbacher, J ^a   Xoplaki, E ^a,b   Dietrich, D ^a   Jones, P D ^c   Davies, T D ^c   Portis, D ^d,e   Gonzalez Rouco, J F ^f,g   Von Storch, H ^f   Gyalistras, D ^a   Casty, C ^a   Wanner, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^f INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

North Atlantic Oscillation; Reconstructions; Uncertainty ranges; Variability

Indexed keywords

EID: 3142625011     PISSN: 1530261X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/asle.2001.0044     Document Type: Article

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