Corrigendum: The non-Gaussianity and spatial asymmetry of temperature extremes relative to the storm track: The role of horizontal advection [J. Climate, 30, (2017) (445-464)] DOI:10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0806.1;The non-gaussianity and spatial asymmetry of temperature extremes relative to the storm track: The role of horizontal advection

Journal of Climate

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 445-464

  Garfinkel, Chaim I ^a   Harnik, Nili ^b,c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Climate variability; Cold air surges; Extreme events; Surface temperature; Synoptic scale processes

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; DIGITAL STORAGE; ISOTHERMS; LOCATION;

CLIMATE VARIABILITY; COLD AIR; EXTREME EVENTS; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SYNOPTIC-SCALE PROCESS;

STORMS;

ADVECTION; AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE VARIATION; COLD AIR; EXTREME EVENT; STORM TRACK; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY;

EID: 85008675595     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-18-0850.1     Document Type: Erratum

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