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NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION INDEX [1 record]

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Record 1 2021-09-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
  • Atmospheric Physics
DEF

... the difference in winter (December, January and February) sea level atmospheric pressures between the Azores and Iceland ...

OBS

[It] is often a measure of the strength of the winter westerly and north westerly winds over the Northwest Atlantic.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
  • Physique de l'atmosphère
DEF

Différence des pressions atmosphériques au niveau de la mer en hiver (décembre, janvier, février) entre les Açores et l'Islande […]

OBS

Il est souvent une mesure de la force des vents de l'ouest et du nord-ouest en hiver dans l'Atlantique Nord-Ouest.

Spanish

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