Index cycle

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index cycle

A roughly cyclic variation in the zonal index.

The average length of the index cycle is six weeks, varying from about three to eight weeks. It is most pronounced in the winter months.

Namias, J., and P. F. Clapp 1951. Compendium of Meteorology. p. 561.

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