The influence of regional storm tracking and teleconnections on winter precipitation in the northeastern United States

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 544-556

  Bradbury, James A ^a,b   Keim, Barry D ^b,c   Wake, Cameron P ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydroclimate; New England; Storm tracking; Synoptic climatology; Teleconnections

Indexed keywords

PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); STORM TRACK; TELECONNECTION;

NEW ENGLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3843152138     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8306.9303002     Document Type: Review

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