Interannual and Decadal Variability of the North Pacific Blocking and Its Relationship to SST, Teleconnection and Storm · Tracks

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 807-820

  Fei, Huang ^a   Faxiu, Zhou ^a   Xiaodan, Qian ^a  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

North pacific blocking; Sst anomaly; Storm tracks; Teleconnection

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346672626     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00376-002-0046-4     Document Type: Article

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