Developing a climatology of the South's 'other' storm season: ENSO impacts on winter extratropical cyclogenesis

Southeastern Geographer

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 231-244

  Curtis, Scott ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyclogenesis; ENSO; Extratropical storm; Sea level pressure

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; CYCLOGENESIS; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; STORM; WINTER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750554293     PISSN: 0038366X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sgo.2006.0021     Document Type: Article

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