Co-occurrence of northern and southern Hemisphere blocks as partially synchronized chaos

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 24, 1999, Pages 4183-4205

  Duane, Gregory S ^a   Webster, Peter J ^b   Weiss, Jeffrey B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAOS THEORY; CORRELATION METHODS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VORTEX FLOW;

BLOCKING EVENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC BLOCKING; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TELECONNECTION;

EID: 0033573481     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1999)056<4183:COONAS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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