The North Atlantic subtropical anticyclone

Journal of Climate

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 728-744

  Davis, Robert E ^a   Hayden, Bruce P ^a   Gay, David A ^a   Phillips, William L ^a   Jones, Gregory V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICYCLONE; ANTICYCLONES; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; AZORES HIGH; VARIATION;

ATLANTIC, (NORTH);

EID: 0030881315     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1997)010<0728:TNASA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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