Rossby wave propagation and the rapid development of upper-level anomalous anticyclones during the 1988 U.S. drought

Journal of Climate

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2491-2504

  Chen, Ping ^a   Newman, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TROPOSPHERE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ROSSBY WAVE PROPAGATION;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

ANTICYCLONE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; DROUGHT; ROSSBY WAVE; TROPOSPHERE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

GREAT PLAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032194322     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1998)011<2491:RWPATR>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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