The 'Little Ice Age' glacial expansion in western Scandinavia: Summer temperature or winter precipitation?

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 30, Issue 7-8, 2008, Pages 789-801

  Nesje, Atle ^a,b   Dahl, S O ^a,b   Thun, T ^c   Nordli, O ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

"Little Ice Age," Scandinavian glaciers; North Atlantic oscillation; Sea ice extent; Summer temperature; Winter precipitation

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE VARIATION; GLACIER; LITTLE ICE AGE; MEDIEVAL WARM PERIOD; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RECONSTRUCTION; SUMMER; WINTER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 42449092888     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-007-0324-z     Document Type: Article

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