The continuum of northern hemisphere teleconnection patterns and a description of the NAO shift with the use of self-organizing maps

Journal of Climate

Volumn 21, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 6354-6371

  Johnson, Nathaniel C ^a   Feldstein, Steven B ^a   Tremblay, Bruno ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERICS; CONFORMAL MAPPING; SEA LEVEL; SEAWATER; SELF ORGANIZING MAPS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS; INTER-DECADAL VARIABILITIES; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; RE-ANALYSIS; SEA LEVEL PRESSURES; SEA-LEVEL PRESSURE FIELDS; TELECONNECTION PATTERNS; TIME PERIODS;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; TELECONNECTION;

EID: 60749132216     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JCLI2380.1     Document Type: Article

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