Variability of the impact of El Niño-Southern Oscillation of sea-level pressure anomalies over the North Atlantic in January to March (1874-1996)

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 23, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 1549-1566

  Gouirand, I ^a,b   Moron, V ^a,b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b CEREGE   (France)

Author keywords

Boreal winter; El Ni o southern oscillation; Europe; North America; North Atlantic; North Pacific; Surface atmospheric variability

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; OSCILLATIONS; SEA LEVEL; STATISTICAL METHODS;

MULTI-DECADAL VARIABILITY; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE (SLP);

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0345414546     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.963     Document Type: Article

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