North Atlantic decadal variability and the formation of tropical storms and hurricanes

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2003, Pages

  Molinari, Robert L ^a   Mestas Nunez, Alberto M ^b  

^a ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HURRICANE EFFECTS; HURRICANES; OSCILLATIONS;

DECADAL VARIABILITY;

GEOPHYSICS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; DECADAL VARIATION; EL NINO; HURRICANE; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

EID: 0043285329     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002gl016462     Document Type: Article

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