Multidecadal global and regional trends in 1000 mb and 500 mb cyclone frequencies

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 14, 1999, Pages 2053-2056

  Key, Jeffrey R ^a   Chan, Alan C K ^a,b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; NICKEL; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CYCLOGENESIS; CYCLONE FREQUENCY; LOW PRESSURES; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; REGIONAL TRENDS; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

STORMS;

ANNUAL CYCLE; CYCLONE; LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM; SEASONALITY;

EID: 0032696135     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900367     Document Type: Article

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