Adjoint sensitivity and finite-time normal mode disturbances during blocking

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1144-1165

  Frederiksen, Jorgen S ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC BLOCKING; ATMOSPHERIC FLOW; ATMOSPHERIC PERTURBATION; BAROCLINIC WAVE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE;

ATLANTIC, (NORTH); GREENLAND; GULF OF ALASKA;

EID: 0031474566     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1997)054<1144:ASAFTN>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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