Cool North European summers and possible links to explosive volcanic eruptions

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 6259-6265

  Jones, P D ^a,b   Melvin, T M ^a   Harpham, C ^a   Grudd, H ^c   Helama, S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Climate; Volcanoes

Indexed keywords

EXPLOSIVES; FORESTRY;

CLIMATE; DENSITY RESPONSE; MAXIMUM LATEWOOD DENSITY; NEGATIVE VALUES; NORTHERN FINLAND; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; SUMMER TEMPERATURE; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS;

VOLCANOES;

CLIMATE FORCING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXTREME EVENT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SUMMER; TREE RING; TROPICAL REGION; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

EUROPE; FINLAND; SWEDEN;

EID: 84880874439     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50513     Document Type: Article

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