Variations of the northern hemisphere atmospheric energetics: 1948-2000

Journal of Climate

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1975-1986

  Hu, Qi ^a   Tawaye, Y ^a   Feng, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; KINETIC ENERGY; POTENTIAL ENERGY; STORMS;

ANTICYCLONES; GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT; SYNOPTIC SYSTEMS; WAVENUMBERS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGETICS; KINETIC ENERGY; POTENTIAL ENERGY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 2442686407     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2004)017<1975:VOTNHA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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