European temperature responses to blocking and ridge regional patterns

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 50, Issue 1-2, 2018, Pages 457-477

  Sousa, Pedro M ^a   Trigo, Ricardo M ^a   Barriopedro, David ^b,c   Soares, Pedro M M ^a   Santos, João A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE GEOCIENCIAS   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Blocking; Europe; Extremes; Ridges; Synoptic meteorology; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; CLIMATOLOGY; EXTREME EVENT; SUMMER; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WINTER;

EUROPE;

EID: 85016024367     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-017-3620-2     Document Type: Article

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