Wintertime low-frequency weather variability in the North Pacific-American sector 1949-93

Journal of Climate

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1073-1093

  Renshaw, Alison C ^a   Rowell, David P ^a   Folland, Chris K ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CLIMATE MODEL; BOREAL WINTER; EL NINO/SOUTHERN OSCILLATION;

(NORTH); PACIFIC;

EID: 0031690515     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1998)011<1073:WLFWVI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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