Changes in large-scale controls of Atlantic tropical cyclone activity with the phases of the Atlantic multidecadal oscillation

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 44, Issue 7-8, 2015, Pages 1801-1821

  Caron, Louis Philippe ^a,b   Boudreault, Mathieu ^c   Bruyère, Cindy L ^d,e  

^a SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Institut Catalá de Ciéncies del Clima IC3   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Atlantic multi decadal oscillation; Atlantic variability; Poisson regression; Tropical cyclones

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928703173     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-014-2186-5     Document Type: Article

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