Associations between twice-yearly oscillations of the North Pacific cyclone track and upper-tropospheric circulations over the Eastern Hemisphere

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 348-367

  Newton, Chester W ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAROMETERS; CLIMATE CHANGE; OSCILLATIONS; STATISTICAL METHODS; STORMS; TROPOSPHERE; WAVE EFFECTS;

TRACK CIRCULATIONS; UPPER-TROPOSPHERIC CIRCULATIONS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

CYCLONE; OSCILLATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 1842535102     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2004)132<0348:ABTOOT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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