A climatological assessment of Greenland blocking conditions associated with the track of Hurricane Sandy and historical North Atlantic hurricanes

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 746-760

  Mattingly, Kyle S ^a   Mcleod, Jordan T ^a   Knox, John A ^a   Shepherd, J Marshall ^a   Mote, Thomas L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic amplification; Atmospheric blocking; Greenland; Hurricanes; Sandy

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; OCEANOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERIC BLOCKING; ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; CATASTROPHIC EVENT; CLIMATOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; GREENLAND; HISTORICAL RECORDS; SANDY; SPATIAL AVERAGE;

HURRICANES;

EID: 84926198703     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.4018     Document Type: Article

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