The impact of the East Atlantic/Western Russia pattern on the hydroclimatology of Europe from mid-winter to late spring

Climate

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 296-309

  Ionita, Monica ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atmospheric circulation; East Atlantic Western Russia teleconnection pattern; SPEI drought index

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921693520     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22251154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/cli2040296     Document Type: Article

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