European cyclone track analysis based on ECMWF ERA-40 data sets

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1517-1527

  Bartholy, Judit ^a   Pongrácz, Rita ^a   Pattantyús Ábrahám, Margit ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Cyclone track analysis; Geopotential height; Macrocirculation pattern; Midlatitude cyclone; North Atlantic European region; Reanalysis

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; DATA REDUCTION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CYCLONE TRACK ANALYSIS; DECADAL FREQUENCY; GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT; MACROCIRCULATION PATTERN; MIDLATITUDE CYCLONE;

STORMS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CYCLOGENESIS; CYCLONE; GEOPOTENTIAL; TRACKING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 33749365626     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1392     Document Type: Article

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