Interaction between antecedent planetary-scale envelope soliton blocking anticyclone and synoptic-scale eddies: Observations and theory

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 106, Issue D23, 2001, Pages 31795-31815

  Luo, Dehai ^a   Huang, Fei ^a   Diao, Yina ^a  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICYCLONE; ATMOSPHERIC BLOCKING; EDDY; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY;

EID: 0035725341     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000JD000086     Document Type: Article

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