North Atlantic storm track variability and its association to the North Atlantic oscillation and climate variability of Northern Europe

Journal of Climate

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1635-1647

  Rogers, Jeffrey C ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; SEA LEVEL;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; STORM TRACK VARIABILITY;

STORMS;

CLIMATE VARIABILITY; STORM TRACKS;

ATLANTIC, (NORTH);

EID: 0031177753     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1997)010<1635:NASTVA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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