A qualitatively realistic low-order model of the extratropical low-frequency variability built from long records of potential vorticity

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1064-1084

  Da Costa, Eduardo ^a   Vautard, Robert ^a,b  

^a LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; DYNAMICS; MODEL; WEATHER MODELING;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; CLIMATE OSCILLATION; EXTRATROPICAL VARIATION; POTENTIAL VORTICITY;

EID: 0031458060     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1997)054<1064:aqrlom>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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