Icelandic low cyclone activity: Climatological features, linkages with the NAO, and relationships with recent changes in the Northern Hemisphere circulation

Journal of Climate

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 453-464

  Serreze, Mark C ^a   Carse, Fiona ^a   Barry, Roger G ^a   Rogers, Jeffrey C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 6944256693     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1997)010<0453:ILCACF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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