Linking past flood frequencies in Norway to regional atmospheric circulation anomalies

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 71-80

  Støren, Eivind N ^a,b   Kolstad, Erik W ^b,c   Paasche, Øyvind ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c StormGeo   (Norway)

Author keywords

Atmospheric circulation; Floods; Holocene; North Atlantic Oscillation; Norway

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; EXTREME EVENT; FLOOD FREQUENCY; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; HOLOCENE; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PALEOFLOOD; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SNOWMELT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); NORWAY;

EID: 84860421870     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1520     Document Type: Article

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