Is the North Atlantic Oscillation a breaking wave?

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 145-160

  Franzke, Christian ^a   Lee, Sukyoung ^a   Feldstein, Steven B ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES;

MULTILEVEL PRIMITIVE EQUATION MODEL; WAVE BREAKING;

STORMS;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; STORM TRACK; WAVE BREAKING;

EID: 1342308722     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2004)061<0145:ITNAOA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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