An empirical model of barotropic atmospheric dynamics and its response to tropical forcing

Journal of Climate

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2645-2667

  Branstator, Grant ^a   Haupt, Sue Ellen ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LINEAR EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VECTORS; VORTEX FLOW;

LINEAR NONDIVERGENT BAROTROPIC VORTICITY EQUATION;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; BAROTROPIC MOTION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; MODELING; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY;

EID: 0032194329     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1998)011<2645:AEMOBA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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