Analysis of extreme temperature events in central europe related to high pressure blocking situations in 2001-2011

Meteorologische Zeitschrift

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 533-540

  Porebska, Magdalena ^a   Zdunek, Malgorzata ^a  

^a WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Atmospheric blocking patterns; Central europe; Extreme temperature events; High pressure blocks; Large scale circulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893953952     PISSN: 09412948     EISSN: 16101227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0941-2948/2013/0455     Document Type: Conference Paper

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