Multidecadal variability of summer temperature over Romania and its relation with Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 113, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 305-315

  Ionita, Monica ^a   Rimbu, Norel ^a,b,c   Chelcea, Silvia ^d   Patrut, Simona ^c,e  

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

^b Climed Norad   (Romania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^d Institutul National de Hidrologie i Gospod rirea Apelor   (Romania)

^e Ministry of Environment and Forests   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CORRELATION; DECADAL VARIATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SUMMER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); ROMANIA;

EID: 84879485179     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-012-0786-8     Document Type: Article

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