Response to the summer of 2003 Mediterranean SST anomalies over Europe and Africa

Journal of Climate

Volumn 19, Issue 20, 2006, Pages 5439-5454

  Jung, Thomas ^a   Ferranti, Laura ^a   Tompkins, Adrian M ^a  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; MOISTURE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND;

AFRICAN EASTERLY JET STRENGTH; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; SAHELIAN RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; HEATING; RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; WIND;

AFRICA; EURASIA; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 33750826791     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3916.1     Document Type: Article

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