Sensitivity of teleconnection patterns to the sign of their primary action center

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 131, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2885-2899

  Chen, Wilbur Y ^a   Van den Dool, Huug ^a  

^a CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS;

TELECONNECTION;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ARCTIC OSCILLATION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TELECONNECTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0348013339     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2003)131<2885:SOTPTT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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