Spatiotemporal analysis of the January Northern Hemisphere circumpolar vortex over the contiguous United States

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 3602-3608

  Ballinger, Thomas J ^a   Allen, Michael J ^a   Rohli, Robert V ^b  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

atmospheric and oceanic teleconnections; cold outbreaks; polar vortex; United States

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS;

COLD OUTBREAKS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; POLAR VORTEX; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TELECONNECTIONS; UNITED STATES;

VORTEX FLOW;

ARCTIC OSCILLATION; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; POLAR VORTEX; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TELECONNECTION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84901384660     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL060285     Document Type: Article

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