Cluster analysis of northern hemisphere wintertime 500-hPa flow regimes during 1920-2014

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 3597-3608

  Bao, Ming ^a,b   Wallace, John M ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric circulation; Classification; Interannual variability; North Atlantic Oscillation; Pattern detection; Teleconnections

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); CLIMATE CHANGE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFORMAL MAPPING; SELF ORGANIZING MAPS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; PATTERN DETECTION; TELECONNECTIONS;

PATTERN RECOGNITION;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATOLOGY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FLOW PATTERN; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; TELECONNECTION;

ALASKA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); EUROPE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84945161800     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-15-0001.1     Document Type: Article

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