Long-term variability in precipitation and streamflow in Iceland and relations to atmospheric circulation

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1369-1380

  Jónsdóttir, Jóna Finndís ^a,b   Uvo, Cintia B ^b  

^a National Energy Authority Reykjavik   (Iceland)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Atmospheric circulation; Empirical orthogonal function; Hydrology; Iceland; North Atlantic; Variability

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION; ICELAND; NORTH ATLANTIC; VARIABILITY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; METEOROLOGY; NANOFLUIDICS; RUNOFF; SEA LEVEL; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TIME SERIES; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WATER; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; DISCHARGE; HYDROLOGY; POLAR VORTEX; RUNOFF; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STREAMFLOW; WIND DIRECTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); EURASIA; EUROPE; ICELAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 69949106228     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1781     Document Type: Article

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