Connections between the distribution of prevailing winds in the winter Northern Hemisphere, solar/geomagnetic activity and the QBO phase

Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 299-318

  Bochnicek J ^a   Hejda, P ^a  

^a GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Geomagnetic activity; Lower troposphere; North Atlantic Oscillation; QBO; Solar activity

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETISM; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; SOLAR ACTIVITY; ZONAL FLOW;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 33646740764     PISSN: 00393169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11200-006-0017-9     Document Type: Article

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