Identification of cyclone-track regimes in the North Atlantic

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 123, Issue 539, 1997, Pages 727-741

  Blender, R ^a   Fraedrich, K ^a   Lunkeit, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Cyclone classification; Lagrangian climatology

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYCLONE; CYCLONE CLASSIFICATION; CYCLONES; LAGRANGIAN CLIMATOLOGY; STORM TRACK; STORM TRACKS;

ATLANTIC, (NORTH);

EID: 0030815057     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.53909     Document Type: Article

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