Characterizing midlatitude jet variability: Lessons from a simple GCM

Journal of Climate

Volumn 18, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 3400-3404

  Fyfe, John C ^a   Lorenz, David J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

JETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TROPOSPHERE; WIND;

ANOMALY PATTERNS; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; TROPOSPHERIC ZONAL JET VARIABILITY;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ANOMALY; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; JET STREAM; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 26844445566     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3486.1     Document Type: Article

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