Using mean flow change as a proxy to infer interdecadal storm track variability

Journal of Climate

Volumn 16, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 2178-2196

  Chang, Edmund K M ^a   Fu, Yunfei ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; DATA REDUCTION; PRESSURE EFFECTS; RAIN; STORMS;

FLOW CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ANOMALY; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; DECADAL VARIATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; STORM TRACK;

EID: 0041566931     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2773.1     Document Type: Article

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