A summer climate regime over Europe modulated by the North Atlantic Oscillation

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 57-64

  Wang, G ^a   Dolman, A J ^a   Alessandri, A ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b CENTRO EURO MEDITERRANEO SUI CAMBIAMENTI CLIMATICI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION PATTERNS; EXTREME EVENTS; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; MOISTURE STATE; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; NUMERICAL STUDIES; PALMER DROUGHT SEVERITY INDICES; PRECIPITATION DEFICITS; SEASONAL PREDICTION; SELF-CALIBRATING; SUMMER CLIMATE; SUMMER HEAT; SUMMER TEMPERATURE; WINTER PRECIPITATION;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; SOIL MOISTURE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; DROUGHT; EXTREME EVENT; HEATING; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEASONALITY; SOIL MOISTURE;

EUROPE;

EID: 78651332635     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-15-57-2011     Document Type: Article

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