Recent changes in measured wind in the NE Atlantic and variability of correlation with NAO

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1923-1934

  Pirazzoli, P A ^a   Tomasin, A ^b   Ullmann, A ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; WESTERLY; WIND DIRECTION; WIND MEASUREMENT; WIND VELOCITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

MUSTELA;

EID: 77958523688     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-28-1923-2010     Document Type: Article

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