Weather regimes in the pacific from a GCM. Part II: Dynamics and stability

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1334-1348

  Hannachi, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b JCMB   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; METEOROLOGY; STABILITY;

PACIFIC; WEATHER REGIMES;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; GCM; STABILITY; WEATHER;

PACIFIC;

EID: 0031147189     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1997)054<1334:WRITPF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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