Energy budget of the extreme Autumn 2006 in Europe

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 36, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 1055-1066

  Shongwe, Mxolisi Excellent ^a   Graversen, R G ^a   van Oldenborgh, G J ^a   van den Hurk, B J J M ^a   Doblas Reyes, F J ^b  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atmospheric energy budget; Atmospheric energy transport; Autumn 2006 temperature anomaly; Extreme event; Long wave radiative feedback

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; AUTUMN; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATOLOGY; ENERGY BUDGET; ENERGY FLUX; EXTREME EVENT; GLOBAL WARMING; LATENT HEAT FLUX; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; WATER VAPOR;

EUROPE;

EID: 79952250383     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-009-0689-2     Document Type: Article

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