European Alpine moisture variability for 1800-2003

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 415-427

  van der Schrier, G ^a,b   Efthymiadis, D ^a   Briffa, K R ^a   Jones, P D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alpine region; Drought; PDSI; Waterbalance model

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; EVAPORATION; MOISTURE; SNOW;

ALPINE REGION; PALMER DROUGHT SEVERITY INDEX; WATER BALANCE CALCULATIONS;

DROUGHT;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE VARIATION; DROUGHT; EVAPORATION; MOISTURE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SNOW COVER; SNOWMELT; SUMMER; WATER BUDGET;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 34047210903     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1411     Document Type: Article

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