Rossby wave propagation and blocking formation in realistic basic flows

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 717-731

  Naoe, Hiroaki ^a   Matsuda, Yoshihisa ^a  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC BLOCKING; JET STREAM; ROSSBY WAVE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 0036703366     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.80.717     Document Type: Article

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