Winter gale day frequency in shetland and faeroes, AD 1866-1905: Links to sea ice history and the North Atlantic Oscillation

Scottish Geographical Journal

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 141-152

  Dawson, Alastair G ^a   McIlveny, Jason ^b   Warren, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Faeroe isles; Greenland sea; North atlantic oscillation; Sea ice; Shetland isles; Winter gale days

Indexed keywords

ANTICYCLONE; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; SEA ICE; STORM TRACK; WINTER;

ARCTIC OCEAN; FAROE ISLANDS; GREENLAND SEA; NORWEGIAN SEA; SCOTLAND; SHETLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 78649369254     PISSN: 14702541     EISSN: 1751665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14702541.2010.527857     Document Type: Article

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