A three-year lagged correlation between the North Atlantic Oscillation and winter conditions over the North Pacific and North America

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 15, 1998, Pages 2829-2832

  Lin, Hai ^a   Derome, Jacques ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atlantic Ocean (North); Atmosphere ocean coupling; Correlation; North America; North Atlantic Oscillation; Pacific Ocean (North); Teleconnection; Temperature anomaly; Winter

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; CORRELATION METHODS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SEA LEVEL; SEAWATER; TROPICS; WIND; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; NORTH PACIFIC; WINTER; ATMOSPHERIC ANOMALY; EASTERN TROPICAL PACIFIC; NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN; OCEAN TEMPERATURE; STATISTICAL PREDICTION MODEL; WINTER CONDITIONS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CORRELATION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; TELECONNECTION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; WINTER;

(NORTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032148225     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL52217     Document Type: Article

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