The Arctic oscillation signature in the wintertime geopotential height and temperature fields

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1297-1300

  Thompson, David W J ^a   Wallace, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; TROPOSPHERE;

ARCTIC OSCILLATION (AO); WINTERTIME SEAL LEVEL PRESSURE FIELD;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT; POLAR VORTEX; TEMPERATURE FIELD;

ARCTIC;

EID: 0032076790     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL00950     Document Type: Article

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