Deducing anomalous wave source regions during the life cycles of persistent flow anomalies

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 895-907

  Black, Robert X ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE; CIRCULATION; CYCLONE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC MOTION; FLOW ANOMALIES; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; TELECONNECTION PATTERN; TELECONNECTIONS; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVE SOURCE;

ATLANTIC, (NORTH); PACIFIC, (NORTH);

EID: 0031409750     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1997)054<0895:DAWSRD>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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