The relevance of the North-Sea Caspian Pattern (NCP) in explaining temperature variability in Europe and the Mediterranean

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2881-2888

  Brunetti, M ^a   Kutiel, H ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CORRELATION; DATA SET; GEOPOTENTIAL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TELECONNECTION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 80055033948     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-11-2881-2011     Document Type: Article

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