A seasonally lagged signal of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) in the North Pacific

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 957-970

  Zhao, Hongxu ^a   Moore, G W K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

North Atlantic Oscillation; North Pacific; Seasonally lagged signal

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; OCEANOGRAPHY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE DATA; NORTH ATLANTHIC OSCILLATION; NORTH PACIFIC; SEASONALLY LAGGED SIGNAL;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE VARIATION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 33745243338     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1288     Document Type: Article

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