Influence of atmospheric modes of variability on a deep lake south of the Alps

Climate Research

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 125-133

  Salmaso, Nico ^a  

^a RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Climate nutrient interactions; Climatic fluctuations; Deep lakes; East Atlantic pattern; Eastern Mediterranean Pattern; Lake overturn; North Atlantic Oscillation

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATIC FLUCTUATIONS; EAST ATLANTIC PATTERN; EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN; LAKE WATER TEMPERATURE; LARGE LAKES; LINKED CHAINS; MEDITERRANEAN AREAS; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; SCANDINAVIA; TELECONNECTION PATTERNS; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATOLOGY; PHOSPHORUS;

LAKES;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIATOM; EPILIMNION; LIMNOLOGY; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; OVERTURN; TELECONNECTION; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ALPS; ITALY; LAKE GARDA; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 84857721675     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: 16161572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr01063     Document Type: Article

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