Summertime precipitation variability over Europe and its links to atmospheric dynamics and evaporation

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Zveryaev, Igor I ^a   Allan, Richard P ^b  

^a SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATOLOGY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; OCEANOGRAPHY; ORTHOGONAL FUNCTIONS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; BALTIC SEA; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION; GLOBAL PRECIPITATION CLIMATOLOGY PROJECTS; INTERANNUAL; LAND SURFACE; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; PRECIPITATION DATA; PRECIPITATION VARIABILITY; SPATIAL-TEMPORAL STRUCTURE; SUMMER PRECIPITATION; SUMMER SEASON; TELECONNECTION PATTERNS; TOTAL VARIANCE;

EVAPORATION;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; DATA INTERPRETATION; EVAPORATION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUMMER; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 77954463013     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD011213     Document Type: Article

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