Pressure-based measures of the north atlantic oscillation (NAO): A comparison and an assessment of changes in the strength of the NAO and in its influence on surface climate parameters

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 134, Issue , 2003, Pages 51-62

  Jones, Philip D ^a   Osborn, Timothy J ^a   Briffa, Keith R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85040230491     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/134GM03     Document Type: Chapter

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