Alternative indices for the warm-season NAO and precipitation variability in west Greenland

Journal of Climate

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 532-541

  Aebly, Frank A ^a   Hu, Qi ^a   Fritz, Sherilyn C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CORRELATION METHODS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ATMOSPHERIC PATTERNS; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION; GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CORRELATION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; KANGERLUSSUAQ;

EID: 40849094708     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JCLI1724.1     Document Type: Article

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