European precipitation connections with large-scale mean sea-level pressure (MSLP) fields;Relations entre les précipitations en Europe et les champs de pression au niveau moyen de la merà grande échelle

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 310-327

  Lavers, David ^a,b   Prudhomme, Christel ^a   Hannah, David M ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ERA 40; Europe; hydroclimatological variability; large scale climate; NAO; precipitation

Indexed keywords

ERA-40; EUROPE; HYDROCLIMATOLOGICAL VARIABILITY; LARGE-SCALE CLIMATE; NAO;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

LASERS;

CLIMATE VARIATION; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WESTERLY;

ICELAND;

EID: 84874768039     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: 21503435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2012.754545     Document Type: Article

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