European climate response to tropical volcanic eruptions over the last half millennium

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Fischer, E A ^a,b   Luterbacher, J ^a   Zorita, E ^c   Tett, S F B ^d   Casty, C ^a   Wanner, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

^c INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; STATISTICS; VOLCANOES;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE RESPONSE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 34249885609     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL027992     Document Type: Article

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