Observed winter cyclone tracks in the northern hemisphere in re-analysed ECMWF data

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 126, Issue 563, 2000, Pages 591-620

  Sickmöller, Michaela ^b   Blender, Richard ^b   Fraedrich, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Cyclone tracks; European climate; Storm tracks; Teleconnection patterns

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYCLONE; STORM TRACK; TELECONNECTION;

EID: 0343798547     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.49712656311     Document Type: Article

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