Mean southern hemisphere extratropical cyclone behavior in the 40-year NCEP-NCAR reanalysis

Journal of Climate

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 873-885

  Simmonds, Ian ^a   Keay, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; STORMS;

EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONES;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; CYCLONE; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TRACKING;

EID: 0033938129     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2000)013<0873:MSHECB>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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