Relationship between zonal position of the North Atlantic Oscillation and Euro-Atlantic blocking events and its possible effect on the weather over Europe

Science China Earth Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2628-2636

  Yao, Yao ^a,b   Luo, DeHai ^b  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

atmospheric blocking; North Atlantic Oscillation; precipitation; temperature

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); TEMPERATURE;

ATMOSPHERIC BLOCKING; EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS; GREENLAND; NEGATIVE PHASE; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; PRECIPITATION ANOMALIES; SOUTH-EUROPE; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ATMOSPHERIC BLOCKING; EXTREME EVENT; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; WINTER;

EUROPE;

EID: 84919904547     PISSN: 16747313     EISSN: 18691897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-014-4949-6     Document Type: Article

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