Winter and summer blocking variability in the North Atlantic region – evidence from long-term observational and proxy data from southwestern Greenland

Rimbu, N.; Lohmann, G.

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Winter and summer blocking variability in the North Atlantic region – evidence from long-term observational and proxy data from southwestern Greenland

N. Rimbu and G. Lohmann

N. Rimbu

Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany

University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania

Climed Norad, Bucharest, Romania

G. Lohmann

Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany

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Subject: Atmospheric Dynamics | Archive: Ice Cores | Timescale: Decadal-Seasonal

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