Structure and impact of atmospheric blocking over the Euro-Atlantic region in present-day and future simulations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1051-1058

  Masato, G ^a,b   Woollings, T ^c   Hoskins, B J ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b National Centre for Atmospheric Science ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

blocking; impact; spatial structure

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC BLOCKING; BLOCKING; GEO-POTENTIAL HEIGHTS; GLOBAL CIRCULATION MODEL; IMPACT; METEOROLOGICAL FIELDS; SPATIAL STRUCTURE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON EMISSION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ATLANTIC COAST [EUROPE];

EID: 84896760344     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013GL058570     Document Type: Article

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