Soil moisture-temperature feedbacks at meso-scale during summer heat waves over Western Europe

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 42, Issue 5-6, 2014, Pages 1309-1324

  Stéfanon, Marc ^a   Drobinski, Philippe ^a   D'Andrea, Fabio ^a   Lebeaupin Brossier, Cindy ^b   Bastin, Sophie ^c  

^a ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^b CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^c SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Droughts; Heatwaves; Hydrological cycle; HyMeX; MED CORDEX; Mediterranean climate; Meso scale circulations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885935998     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-013-1794-9     Document Type: Article

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