Seasonal variations in the Southern Hemisphere storm tracks and jet streams as revealed in a reanalysis dataset

Journal of Climate

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1828-1844

  Nakamura, Hisashi ^a,b   Shimpo, Akihiko ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; STORMS; STREAM FLOW; TROPOSPHERE; VORTEX FLOW; ZONING;

DATASETS; JET STREAMS; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERES; STORM TRACKS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; BAROCLINIC WAVE; JET STREAM; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STORM TRACK;

EID: 1642614757     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2004)017<1828:SVITSH>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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