Decadal variability of the Aleutian low and its relation to high-latitude circulation

Journal of Climate

Volumn 12, Issue 5 II, 1999, Pages 1542-1548

  Overland, James E ^a   Adams, Jennifer Miletta ^b   Bond, Nicholas A ^b  

^a NOAA PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATOLOGY; TROPOSPHERE;

ALEUTIAN LOW; DECADAL VARIABILITY; HIGH LATITUDE CIRCULATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032850534     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1999)012<1542:dvotal>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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