Is midlatitude convection an active or a passive player in producing global circulation patterns?

Journal of Climate

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 2222-2237

  Stensrud, D J ^a   Anderson, J L ^a  

^a NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; RAIN; VORTEX FLOW; WIND EFFECTS;

BAROTROPIC MODEL;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; GEOPOTENTIAL; MODELING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); ROSSBY WAVE;

EID: 0035872226     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2001)014<2222:IMCAAO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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