Intel-annual variations in the southern hemisphere winter circumpolar vortex: Relationships with the semiannual oscillation

Journal of Climate

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 991-999

  Burnett, Adam W ^a   McNicoll, Alexander R ^a  

^a Center for Language and Brain   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; OSCILLATIONS;

SEMIANNUAL OSCILLATIONS; WINTER CIRCUMPOLAR VORTEX;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; GEOPOTENTIAL; OSCILLATION; POLAR VORTEX; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

EID: 0033920130     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2000)013<0991:IVITSH>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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