Northern winter stationary waves: Theory and modeling

Journal of Climate

Volumn 15, Issue 16, 2002, Pages 2125-2144

  Held, Isaac M ^a   Ting, Mingfang ^a   Wang, Hailan ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; WAVES;

FORCED WAVE TRAINS; OROGRAPHY;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; MODELING; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; ROSSBY WAVE; ZONAL FLOW;

EID: 0037104702     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2002)015<2125:NWSWTA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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