Was the extreme storm season in winter 2013/14 over the north atlantic and the United Kingdom triggered by changes in the west pacific warm pool?

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 96, Issue 12, 2015, Pages S29-S34

  Wild, Simon ^a   Befort, Daniel J ^a   Leckebusch, Gregor C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; METEOROLOGY;

BRITISH ISLES; NORTH ATLANTIC; TIME RECORDS; UNITED KINGDOM; WEST PACIFIC;

STORMS;

EID: 84948436688     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-D-15-00118.1     Document Type: Review

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