Connecting atmospheric blocking to European temperature extremes in spring

Journal of Climate

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 585-594

  Brunner, Lukas ^a   Hegerl, Gabriele C ^b   Steiner, Andrea K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blocking; Climate variability; Europe; Extreme events; Spring season; Surface temperature

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE;

BLOCKING; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; EUROPE; EXTREME EVENTS; SPRING SEASON; SURFACE TEMPERATURES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC BLOCKING; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; EXTREME EVENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING (SEASON); SURFACE TEMPERATURE; VEGETATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 85008684177     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0518.1     Document Type: Article

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