A new look at the Pacific Storm track variability: Sensitivity to tropical SSTs and to upstream seeding

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1367-1390

  Orlanski, Isidoro ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD SEEDING; FEEDBACK; WAVES;

BAROCLINIC WAVE DEVELOPMENTS; MOIST FLUXES; STATIONARY WAVE PATTERNS;

STORMS;

SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STORM TRACK;

OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; WORLD;

EID: 20444464741     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3428.1     Document Type: Article

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