Inconsistency between atmospheric dynamics and temperatures during the exceptional 2006/2007 fall/winter and recent warming in Europe

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 21, 2007, Pages

  Yiou, Pascal ^a   Vautard, R ^a   Naveau, P ^a   Cassou, C ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC FLOW;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; REGIONAL CLIMATE; WARMING; WINTER;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 38549175762     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL031981     Document Type: Article

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