The dynamics of Euro-Atlantic blocking onsets

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 124, Issue 548, 1998, Pages 1045-1070

  Michelangeli, Paul Antoine ^a   Vautard, Robert ^a,b  

^a LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

Atmospheric dynamics; Northern hemisphere; Quasi geostrophic model

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; BLOCKING; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC FLOW;

EID: 0031711122     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.54802     Document Type: Article

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