Time variations of the relationships between the North Atlantic Oscillation and European winter temperature and precipitation

Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 575-590

  Beranova R ^a,b   Huth, R ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Europe; North Atlantic Oscillation; Precipitation; Temperature; Time variations

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORRELATION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WINTER;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 36549015730     PISSN: 00393169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11200-007-0034-3     Document Type: Article

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