Greenland Blocking Index 1851–2015: a regional climate change signal

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 36, Issue 15, 2016, Pages 4847-4861

  Hanna, Edward ^a   Cropper, Thomas E ^b   Hall, Richard J ^a   Cappelen, John ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b Scientific Figure Design   (United Kingdom)

^c DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

blocking; climate change; GBI; Greenland; NAO; pressure

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; PRESSURE;

BLOCKING; BLOCKING INDEX; DRIVING MECHANISM; GREENLAND; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION INDICES; REGIONAL CLIMATE CHANGES; TIME-PERIODS; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ATMOSPHERIC BLOCKING; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; REGIONAL CLIMATE;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 84964727265     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.4673     Document Type: Article

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