Variability of Southern Hemisphere extratropical cyclone behavior, 1958-97

Journal of Climate

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 550-561

  Simmonds, Ian ^a   Keay, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DENSITY; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OSCILLATIONS; SEA LEVEL; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

STORMS;

CYCLONE; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

EID: 0034144674     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2000)013<0550:VOSHEC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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