Cyclone activity associated with the interannual seesaw oscillation of summer precipitation over northern Eurasia

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 56, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 387-398

  Fukutomi, Yoshiki ^a   Masuda, Kooiti ^a   Yasunari, Tetsuzo ^a,b  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

cyclone activity; interannual variability of summer precipitation; North Atlantic Oscillation; Siberia

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CYCLONE; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SUMMER;

EURASIA; SIBERIA;

EID: 34247167505     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2006.07.026     Document Type: Article

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