Sensitivity analysis of atmospheric low-frequency variability

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 123, Issue 544, 1997, Pages 2425-2447

  Corti, S ^a   Palmer, T N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adjoint techniques; Climate sensitivity; North Atlantic Oscillation; Pacific North American pattern; Quasi geostrophic model

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC VARIATION; CLIMATE OSCILLATION; LARGE SCALE; LOW-FREQUENCY VARIABILITY; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; OSCILLATIONS; PACIFIC-NORTH AMERICAN PATTERN; PACIFIC/NORTH AMERICAN PATTERN; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC FLOW;

EID: 0031417325     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.49712354413     Document Type: Article

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