Disruption of the European climate seasonal clock in a warming world

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 589-594

  Cassou, Christophe ^a   Cattiaux, Julien ^b  

^a CERFACS   (France)

^b CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; HIGH PRESSURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNOW COVER; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; WESTERLY;

EUROPE;

EID: 84971260813     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2969     Document Type: Article

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