Winter mean temperature variability in Turkey associated with the North Atlantic Oscillation

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 105, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 211-225

  Türkeş, Murat ^a   Erlat, Ecmel ^b  

^a ÇANAKKALE ONSEKIZ MART UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CYCLONE; LAND-SEA INTERACTION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; WESTERLY; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY; WINTER;

EURASIA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; TURKEY;

EID: 70349738081     PISSN: 01777971     EISSN: 14365065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00703-009-0046-3     Document Type: Article

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