Northern Hemisphere winter circulation associated with the North Atlantic oscillation and stratospheric polar-night jet

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 443-446

  Kodera, Kunihiko ^a   Koide, Hiroshi ^a   Yoshimura, Hiromasa ^a  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

JETS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE CHANGE;

NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION (NAO); STRATOSPHERIC POLAR-NIGHT JET; WINTER CIRCULATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; JET FLOW; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; WINTER;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC WINTER; GEO-POTENTIAL HEIGHTS; GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT ANOMALIES; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; WINTER CIRCULATION;

EID: 0033558154     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900016     Document Type: Article

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