Effects of the North Atlantic Oscillation on precipitation-type frequency and distribution in the eastern United States

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 94, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 51-65

  Durkee, J D ^a   Frye, J D ^a   Fuhrmann, C M ^a,b   Lacke, M C ^a   Jeong, H G ^a   Mote, T L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SNOW;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 51749097288     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-007-0345-x     Document Type: Article

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