Identification and intermodel comparison of seasonal circulation patterns over North America

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 603-620

  Vrac, Mathieu ^a,d   Hayhoe, K ^b,c   Stein, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Circulation patterns; Clustering methods; Seasonal shifts

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION PATTERNS; ATMOSPHERIC-OCEAN GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; SEASONAL SHIFTS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SEASONAL VARIATION;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 34247844315     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1422     Document Type: Article

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