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Carried out is the comparative analysis of the cyclone activity for different combinations of positive and negative values of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) and East Atlantic Oscillation (EA) indices. The integral characteristics of the cyclone activity (density and intensity of cyclones) are computed on the basis of the method of automatic indication of cyclone centers from the sea-level pressure data. It is demonstrated that the NAO index is really the major indicator of cyclone activity anomaly formation in the North Atlantic, however, the variations of cyclone activity in the European region, of the number of cyclones and their integral intensity are better characterized by the EA index.
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Original Russian Text © N.A. Vyazilova, 2012, published in Meteorologiya i Gidrologiya, 2012, No. 7, pp. 5–14.
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Vyazilova, N.A. Cyclone activity and circulation oscillations in the North Atlantic. Russ. Meteorol. Hydrol. 37, 431–437 (2012). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1068373912070011
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