Serial clustering of extratropical cyclones

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 134, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2224-2240

  Mailier, Pascal J ^a   Stephenson, David B ^a   Ferro, Christopher A T ^a   Hodges, Kevin I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOSS PREVENTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONES; LOG-LINEAR POISSON MODEL; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION (NAO); SERIAL CLUSTERING; TIME-VARYING TELECONNECTION;

STORMS;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYCLOGENESIS; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; STORM TRACK; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33747783262     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR3160.1     Document Type: Article

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