Storm track dynamics

Journal of Climate

Volumn 15, Issue 16, 2002, Pages 2163-2183

  Chang, Edmund K M ^a   Lee, Sukyoung ^a   Swanson, Kyle L ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; DYNAMICS; STABILITY; STORMS;

BAROTROPIC MODULATION; INTERDECADAL STORM TRACK VARIATIONS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; BAROTROPIC INSTABILITY; DIABATIC PROCESS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; STORM TRACK;

EID: 0037104713     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2002)015<02163:STD>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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