Significant change of extratropical natural variability and potential predictability associated with the El Nino/Southern Oscillation

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 790-802

  Chen, Wilbur Y ^a   Van Den Dool, Huug M ^a  

^a CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC BLOCKING; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; STORM TRACK;

EID: 0033368818     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/tellusa.v51i5.14493     Document Type: Conference Paper

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