Effect of synoptic systems on the variability of the North Atlantic Oscillation

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 133, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2894-2904

  Löptien, Ulrike ^a   Ruprecht, Eberhard ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CORRELATION METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEA LEVEL; STORMS; TEMPERATURE;

ATMOSPHERIC VARIABILITY; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SYNOPTIC SYSTEMS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ANTICYCLONE; CYCLONE; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY;

EID: 27744538872     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR3007.1     Document Type: Article

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