Cold European winters: Interplay between the NAO and the East Atlantic mode

Atmospheric Science Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-8

  Moore, G W K ^a   Renfrew, I A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Central England temperature; Icelandic Low; North Atlantic Oscillation

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CLIMATE EFFECT; LOW TEMPERATURE; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; TELECONNECTION; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; WINTER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84856010681     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1530261X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asl.356     Document Type: Article

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