Changing Waves and Storms in the Northeast Atlantic?

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 741-760

  Carretero, J C ^a   Gomez, M ^a   Lozano, I ^a   De Elvira, A Ruiz ^a   Serrano, O ^a   Iden, K ^b   Reistad, M ^b   Reichardt, H ^c   Kharin, V ^c   Stolley, M ^c   Von Storch, H ^c,d   Gunther H ^d   Pfizenmayer, A ^d   Rosenthal, W ^d   Stawarz, M ^d   Schmith, T ^e   Kaas, E ^e   Li, T ^e   Alexandersson, H ^f   Beersma, J ^g   Bouws, E ^g   Komen, G ^g   Rider, K ^g   Flather, R ^h   Smith, J ^h   Bijl, W ⁱ   De Ronde, J ⁱ   Mietus, M ^j   Bauer, Eva ^k   Schmidt, H ^l   Langenberg, H ^m   more..

^a Clima Maritimo   (Spain)

^b Det Norske Meteorologiske Institutt   (Norway)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^e DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^f Sveriges Meteorologiska Och H I   (Sweden)

^g Koninklijk Nederlands M   (Netherlands)

^h NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ RIJKSWATERSTAAT   (Netherlands)

^j Institute of Meteorology and Water Management Maritime Branch Gdynia   (Poland)

^k POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^l Seewetteramt   (Germany)

^m UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; STORM; WAVES;

ATLANTIC, (NORTHEAST);

EID: 0031717813     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(1998)079<0741:cwasit>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Review

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