The Atlantic Meridional Mode and hurricane activity

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2007, Pages

  Vimont, Daniel J ^a   Kossin, James P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; HURRICANES;

ATLANTIC MERIDIONAL MODE (AMM); ATLANTIC MULTI-DECADAL OSCILLATION (AMO); SEASONAL HURRICANE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE VARIATION; DECADAL VARIATION; HURRICANE; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 34250773508     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL029683     Document Type: Article

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