Impacts of the EA and SCA patterns on the European twentieth century NAO-winter climate relationship

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 140, Issue 679, 2014, Pages 354-363

  Comas Bru, Laia ^a   Mcdermott, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

20CRv2; CRU TS3.1; East atlantic pattern; North atlantic oscillation; Scandinavian pattern; Teleconnection patterns; UK precipitation gradient; Winter precipitation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ENERGY RESOURCES; WIND POWER;

20CRV2; CRU-TS3.1; EAST ATLANTIC PATTERN; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; PRECIPITATION GRADIENTS; SCANDINAVIAN PATTERN; TELECONNECTION PATTERNS; WINTER PRECIPITATION;

CLOCKS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANNUAL VARIATION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TELECONNECTION; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WINTER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (EAST); ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); IRELAND; SCANDINAVIA; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84896055649     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.2158     Document Type: Article

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