The Western Baltic sea ice season in terms of a mass-related severity index 1879-1992: (II). Spectral characteristics and associations with the NAO, QBO, and solar cycle

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 219-241

  Loewe, Peter ^a   Koslowski, Gerhard ^b  

^a FEDERAL MARITIME AND HYDROGRAPHIC AGENCY   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICE THICKNESS; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; SEA ICE; SOLAR CYCLE; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

BALTIC SEA;

EID: 0031597480     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/tellusa.v50i2.14522     Document Type: Review

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