Does eddy feedback sustain variability in the zonal index?

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 23, 1996, Pages 3556-3569

  Robinson, Walter A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; BAROCLINICITY; EDDY FEEDBACK; MESOCALE; ZONAL FLOW; ZONAL INDEX;

EID: 0030326020     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1996)053<3556:DEFSVI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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