Baroclinic instability in high latitudes induced by polar vortex: A connection to the arctic oscillation

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 69-82

  Tanaka, H L ^a   Tokinaga, Hiroki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; JETS; VORTEX FLOW;

POLAR VORTEXES;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

ARCTIC OSCILLATION; BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; JET FLOW; POLAR VORTEX;

EID: 0036329079     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2002)059<0069:BIIHLI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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