Stationary Rossby-wave propagation in a baroclinic atmosphere

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 123, Issue 540, 1997, Pages 919-928

  Ambrizzi, Tércio ^a,b   Hoskins, Brian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Seasonal climate patterns; Teleconnections; Tropical heat sources; Waveguides; Westerly jet streams

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; BAROCLINIC ATMOSPHERE; JET STREAM; LARGE SCALE; ROSSBY WAVE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 0031456606     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.54006     Document Type: Article

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