The seasonal cycle of interannual variability and the dynamical imprint of the seasonally varying mean state

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 1577-1592

  Branstator, Grant ^a   Frederiksen, Jorgen ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

SEASONAL CYCLES;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; BAROTROPIC INSTABILITY; PLANETARY WAVE; SEASONAL VARIATION; VORTICITY;

EID: 0042847422     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/3002.1     Document Type: Article

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