Predictability of Euro-Russian blocking in summer of 2010

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Matsueda, Mio ^a  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC BLOCKING; EASTERN EUROPE; ECONOMIC LOSS; ENSEMBLE FORECASTS; EXTREME TEMPERATURES; HEAT WAVES; LEADTIME; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; SURFACE TEMPERATURES;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLIMATE PREDICTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WILDFIRE;

EASTERN EUROPE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 79953175251     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL046557     Document Type: Article

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