Multidecadal variations in the relationship between the NAO and winter precipitation in the Hindu Kush-Karakoram

Journal of Climate

Volumn 27, Issue 20, 2014, Pages 7890-7902

  Filippi, Luca ^a   Palazzi, Elisa ^b   Von Hardenberg, Jost ^b   Provenzale, Antonello ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MULTIDECADAL VARIATIONS; WINTER PRECIPITATION;

DECADAL VARIATION; EVAPORATION; JET STREAM; MOISTURE TRANSFER; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SECULAR VARIATION; WESTERLY; WIND VELOCITY; WINTER;

ARABIAN SEA; HIMALAYAS; INDIAN OCEAN; PERSIAN GULF;

EID: 84907841747     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00286.1     Document Type: Article

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