The annual cycle and interannual variability of atmospheric pressure in the vicinity of the North Pole

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1161-1183

  Cullather, Richard I ^a   Lynch, Amanda H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Annual cycle; Arctic Basin; Arctic Ocean oscillation; Atmospheric mass; Harmonic analysis; North Atlantic oscillation; Numerical reanalyses; Surface pressure

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLIMATOLOGY; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; MASS TRANSFER;

SEMIANNUAL CYCLES;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE;

ANNUAL CYCLE; ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; POLAR METEOROLOGY;

ARCTIC;

EID: 0041422642     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.942     Document Type: Article

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