A climatology of the Northern Hemisphere winter anticyclones

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Ioannidou, Lily ^a   Yau, M K ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; OCEANOGRAPHY; STORMS; TROPICS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ANTICYCLONE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OCEAN BASIN; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; WEATHER FORECASTING; WINTER;

EID: 45549102757     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD008409     Document Type: Article

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