Climate impact of the European winter blocking episodes from the NCEP/NCAR reanalyses

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 17-28

  Trigo, R M ^a,b   Trigo, I F ^a,c   DaCamara, C C ^a,c   Osborn, T J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDADE LUSÓFONA DE HUMANIDADES E TECNOLOGIAS   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DO MAR E DA ATMOSFERA   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC BLOCKING; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; GEOPOTENTIAL; TROPOSPHERE; ZONAL FLOW;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 4544334414     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-004-0410-4     Document Type: Article

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