Dominant modes of Diurnal Temperature Range variability over Europe and their relationships with large-scale atmospheric circulation and sea surface temperature anomaly patterns

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 15, 2012, Pages

  Ionita, M ^a   Lohmann, G ^a   Rimbu, N ^a,b,c   Scholz, P ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^c Psychology Department   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; METEOROLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

ARCTIC OSCILLATION; ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATIONS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE ANOMALIES; CLOUD COVER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIURNAL TEMPERATURE RANGES; DOMINANT MODE; INTERANNUAL; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; LARGE PARTS; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; POTENTIAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; PRECIPITATION ANOMALIES; REANALYSIS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES; SIBERIA; WAVE TRAIN;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ARCTIC OSCILLATION; ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATION; CLOUD COVER; DIURNAL VARIATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EUROPE;

EID: 84865325125     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD016669     Document Type: Article

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