Is the atmospheric zonal index driven by an eddy feedback?

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 19, 1998, Pages 3077-3086

  Feldstein, Steven ^a   Lee, Sukyoung ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOTION; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; EDDY; JET; MOMENTUM;

EID: 0032455068     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1998)055<3077:ITAZID>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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