Control of recent European surface climate change by atmospheric flow

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 22, 2009, Pages

  Vautard, Robert ^a   Yiou, Pascal ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION CHANGES; ATMOSPHERIC FLOWS; CLOUD COVER; RAINFALL EVENT; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SUMMER RAINFALL; SURFACE CLIMATE; WATER CYCLE;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLIMATE CONTROL; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ANTICYCLONE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CLOUD COVER; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; REGIONAL CLIMATE; TREND ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 72049087200     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL040480     Document Type: Article

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