Relation of size and displacement of the 300 mbar north circumpolar vortex to QBO, El Nino, and sunspot number, 1963-2000

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 106, Issue D23, 2001, Pages 31787-31794

  Angell, James K ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPLACEMENT; EL NINO; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; SUNSPOT; VORTEX;

EID: 0035724634     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JD000473     Document Type: Review

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