On the future reduction of snowfall in western and central Europe

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 41, Issue 9-10, 2013, Pages 2319-2330

  de Vries, Hylke ^a   Haarsma, Reindert J ^a   Hazeleger, Wilco ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attribution; Circulation patterns; Climate change; Snowfall

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; FREEZING; GLOBAL WARMING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SNOW;

CENTRAL EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 84886718404     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-012-1583-x     Document Type: Article

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