An inverse relationship between aggregate northern hemisphere tropical cyclone activity and subsequent winter climate

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Hart, Robert E ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC LOAD FORECASTING; HURRICANES; STORMS; TROPICS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ENERGY TRANSPORT; EXTRATROPICS; INVERSE RELATIONSHIP; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; OPTIMAL PREDICTOR; POWER DISSIPATION; SEA SURFACES; TEMPERATURE FLUX; TROPICAL ATMOSPHERES; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPICAL CYCLONE ACTIVITY;

CLIMATE CONTROL;

DISSIPATION; ENERGY FLUX; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; HEAT TRANSFER; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

NEW HAMPSHIRE; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78751533928     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL045612     Document Type: Article

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