Changes of atmospheric circulation in central Europe and their influence on climatic trends in the Czech Republic

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 96, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 57-68

  Cahynová, Monika ^a,b   Huth, Radan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICYCLONE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; AUTUMN; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CLASSIFICATION; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DETECTION METHOD; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SPRING (SEASON); TREND ANALYSIS; WINTER;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 64749084846     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-008-0097-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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