Role of Mediterranean SST in enhancing the European heat wave of summer 2003

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Feudale, L ^a,b,c   Shukla, J ^a,d  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR OCEAN LAND ATMOSPHERE STUDIES   (United States)

^c ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^d Inst Global Environ and Soc Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT TRANSFER; OCEANOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HEAT WAVE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 34548011024     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL027991     Document Type: Article

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