An intercomparison between low-frequency variability indices

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 773-789

  Bongioannini Cerlini, P ^a   Corti, S ^b   Tibaldi, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b CINECA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC BLOCKING; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PLANETARY WAVE; TELECONNECTION;

EID: 0343920759     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0870.1999.00016.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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