The signature of ENSO in the northern hemisphere midlatitude seasonal mean flow and high-frequency intraseasonal variability

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 81-100

  May, Wilhelm ^a,b   Bengtsson, Lennart ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^b DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

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EID: 0032263150     PISSN: 01777971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01025185     Document Type: Article

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