Heatwaves in Europe: Areas of homogeneous variability and links with the regional to large-scale atmospheric and SSTs anomalies

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 77-98

  Carril, Andrea F ^a   Gualdi, Silvio ^a   Cherchi, Annalisa ^a   Navarra, Antonio ^a  

^a CENTRO EURO MEDITERRANEO SUI CAMBIAMENTI CLIMATICI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Climate variability; Extreme events; Heat waves; Temperature variability

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; EXTREME EVENT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 36248982658     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-007-0274-5     Document Type: Article

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