Unusual North Atlantic temperature dipole during the winter of 2006/2007

Weather

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 4-11

  Hirschi, Joel J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; POLAR REGION; WINTER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 43549093934     PISSN: 00431656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wea.120     Document Type: Article

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