Upper-tropospheric potential vorticity fluctuations and the dynamical relevance of the time mean

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 13, 2001, Pages 1815-1826

  Swanson, K L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

JETS; TROPOSPHERE; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

TROPOPAUSE;

VORTEX FLOW;

ANNUAL VARIATION; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; TROPOPAUSE; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 0035390641     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2001)058<1815:UTPVFA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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