Winter and summer blocking variability in the North Atlantic region - Evidence from long-term observational and proxy data from southwestern Greenland

Climate of the Past

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 543-555

  Rimbu, N ^a,b,c   Lohmann, G ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^c Climed Norad   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC BLOCKING; DATA SET; DECADAL VARIATION; HISTORICAL RECORD; LONG-TERM CHANGE; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PALEOCLIMATE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RECONSTRUCTION; SEASONALITY; STABLE ISOTOPE; SUMMER; WARMING; WINTER;

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); GREENLAND; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 79960869902     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-7-543-2011     Document Type: Article

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