Efficient forcing and atmospheric teleconnections

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 123, Issue 544, 1997, Pages 2401-2423

  Li, Zhijin ^a,b   Ji, Liren ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Efficient forcing; Singular value and vector; Teleconnection patterns

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344372856     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.49712354412     Document Type: Article

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