The influence of atmospheric blocking on the Rossby wave propagation in Southern Hemisphere winter flows

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 139-159

  Nascimento, Ernani de Lima ^a   Ambrizzi, Tércio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC BLOCKING; BAROTROPIC MOTION; MODEL; ROSSBY WAVE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0036551758     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.80.139     Document Type: Article

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