Seasonal and interannual variability of an index of deep atmospheric convection over western boundary currents

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 140, Issue 678, 2014, Pages 22-30

  Sheldon, L ^a   Czaja, A ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air sea interaction; Convection; Midlatitude climate variability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922768024     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.2103     Document Type: Article

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