Extra-tropical synoptic cyclones and downward propagating anomalies in the Northern Annular Mode

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Breiteig, Tarjei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PROCESSING; ATMOSPHERICS; STORMS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION; ATLANTIC; NORTHERN ANNULAR MODE (NAM); STORM TRACKS; SYNOPTIC CYCLONES;

FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING;

CYCLONE; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; STORM TRACK; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 45549098027     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL032972     Document Type: Article

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