Weather regimes, low-frequency oscillations, and principal patterns of variability: A perspective of extratropical low-frequency variability

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 15, 1999, Pages 2684-2705

  Itoh, Hisanori ^a   Kimoto, Masahide ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TROPICS;

EXTRATROPICAL LOW FREQUENCY VARIABILITY; LOW FREQUENCY OSCILLATIONS; WEATHER REGIMES;

METEOROLOGY;

CLIMATE MODELING; OSCILLATION;

EID: 0032763747     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1999)056<2684:WRLFOA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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