Impact of land–sea thermal contrast on interdecadal variation in circulation and blocking

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 3267-3279

  He, Yongli ^a   Huang, Jianping ^a   Ji, Mingxia ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Atmospheric circulation; Blocking; Cold ocean warm land pattern; Land sea thermal contrast

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896440277     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-014-2103-y     Document Type: Article

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