Relationships between geopotential heights and temperature in the south-eastern US during wintertime warming and cooling periods

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 195-211

  Knapp, Paul A ^a   Yin, Zhi Yong ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Correlation; Factor analysis; Geopotential heights; South eastern USA; Teleconnections; Temperature trends; Winter temperature

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL TEMPERATURE MODEIFICATION; GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; SOIL MOISTURE VARIABILITY; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; VARIATION; WINTER SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

USA, (SOUTHEAST);

EID: 0029751287     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0088(199602)16:2<195::aid-joc1>3.0.co;2-a     Document Type: Article

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