Annular modes in the extratropical circulation. Part I: Month-to-month variability

Journal of Climate

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1000-1016

  Thompson, David W J ^a   Wallace, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; OSCILLATIONS;

EXTRATROPICAL CIRCULATION; GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT;

CLIMATOLOGY;

EID: 0033876462     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2000)013<1000:AMITEC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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