The influence of atmospheric wave dynamics on interannual variation in the surface temperature of lakes in the English Lake District

Global Change Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2013-2022

  Strong, Courtenay ^a   Maberly, Stephen C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Jet stream; Lake temperature; Long term data; North Atlantic Oscillation; Rossby wave breaking

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; CLIMATE CHANGE; JET STREAM; LAKE WATER; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; ROSSBY WAVE; WATER TEMPERATURE;

CUMBRIA; ENGLAND; LAKE DISTRICT; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79955001322     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02391.x     Document Type: Article

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