Changing correlation structures of the Northern Hemisphere atmospheric circulation from 1000 to 2100 AD

Climate of the Past

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 537-550

  Raible, C C ^a   Lehner, F ^a   Gonzalez Rouco J F ^b   Fernandez Donado L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; DATA SET; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; RECONSTRUCTION; TELECONNECTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (WEST); AZORES; ICELAND; NORTH AMERICA; PORTUGAL;

EID: 84896914990     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-10-537-2014     Document Type: Article

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