Interannual to decadal summer drought variability over Europe and its relationship to global sea surface temperature

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 38, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 363-377

  Ionita, M ^a,b   Lohmann, G ^a,b   Rimbu, N ^a,c,d   Chelcea, S ^e   Dima, M ^a,d  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c Climed Norad   (Romania)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^e Institutul National de Hidrologie i Gospod rirea Apelor   (Romania)

Author keywords

Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation; Climate variability; Drought; ENSO; Palmer drought index

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE OSCILLATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; DECADAL VARIATION; DROUGHT; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; PREDICTION; REGIONAL PATTERN; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TREND ANALYSIS;

EUROPE;

EID: 84855274043     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-011-1028-y     Document Type: Article

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