Blocking over the South Pacific and Rossby wave propagation

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 127, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2233-2247

  Renwick, James A ^a   Revell, Michael J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC BLOCKING; ROSSBY WAVE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033381171     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1999)127<2233:BOTSPA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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