Multidecadal variability of the summer length in Europe

Journal of Climate

Volumn 28, Issue 13, 2015, Pages 5375-5388

  Peña Ortiz, Cristina ^a   Barriopedro, David ^b,c   García Herrera, Ricardo ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE GEOCIENCIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; CLIMATOLOGY;

ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATIONS; HIGH RESOLUTION; LONG-TERM TREND; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MULTIDECADAL VARIABILITY; TEMPERATURE THRESHOLDS; TEMPERATURE TRENDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

GLOBAL WARMING;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATION; DECADAL VARIATION; GLOBAL WARMING; SUMMER;

EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 84942059626     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00429.1     Document Type: Article

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