Persistent positive anomalies in the Southern Hemisphere circulation

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 977-988

  Renwick, James A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MODULATION; SATELLITES;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; PERSISTENT POSITIVE ANOMALIES; SATELLITE SOUNDINGS; ZONAL WAVENUMBER (ZW);

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; GEOPOTENTIAL; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

EID: 18544377324     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR2900.1     Document Type: Article

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