A closer look at the effect of the 11-year solar cycle and the Quasi-biennial oscillation on Northern Hemisphere 700 mb height and extratropical North American surface temperature

Journal of Climate

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 1989, Pages 1295-1313

  Barnston, Anthony G ^a   Livezey, Robert E ^a  

^a Center for Climate Crime Analysis   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; OSCILLATORS (MECHANICAL); SOLAR ENERGY; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

CORRELATION PATTERNS; LOW-FREQUENCY ATMOSPHERIC; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; OPERATIONAL FORECASTING; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE TEST; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TROPICAL/NORTHERN HEMISPHERES;

UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 0000468669     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1989)002     Document Type: Article

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