How unusual was autumn 2006 in Europe?

Climate of the Past

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 659-668

  Van Oldenborgh, G J ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; AUTUMN; CLIMATE MODELING; COASTAL ZONE; GLOBAL WARMING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BELGIUM; BENELUX; CENTRAL EUROPE; DENMARK; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; NETHERLANDS; NORTH SEA; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWITZERLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 36549012820     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-3-659-2007     Document Type: Article

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