Vacillation cycles and blocking in a channel

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 124, Issue 547, 1998, Pages 873-895

  Haines, K ^a   Holland, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blocking; Eddy mean flow interaction; Low frequency variability

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC BLOCKING; BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; EDDIES; STORM TRACK;

EID: 0031820957     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.54710     Document Type: Article

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