North Atlantic oscillation - Concepts and studies

Surveys in Geophysics

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 321-381

  Wanner, Heinz ^a   Brönnimann, Stefan ^a,b   Casty, Carlo ^a   Gyalistras, Dimitrios ^a   Luterbacher, Jürg ^a   Schmutz, Christoph ^a   Stephenson, David B ^c   Xoplaki, Eleni ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^d ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Atmospheric circulation; Climate; Flow; North Atlantic Oscillation

Indexed keywords

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; OSCILLATIONS; WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS (NAO);

GEOPHYSICS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 0035720908     PISSN: 01693298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014217317898     Document Type: Article

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