Mass and wind axial angular-momentum responses to mountain torques in the 1-25 day band: Links with the Arctic Oscillation

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 131, Issue 608, 2005, Pages 1483-1500

  Lott, François ^a   D'Andrea, Fabio ^a  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

Atmospheric angular momentum budget; Geostrophic adjustment

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC ANGULAR MOMENTUM BUDGET; CORIOLIS FORCE; GEOSTROPHIC ADJUSTMENT; MOUNTAIN TORQUES;

METEOROLOGY;

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; ARCTIC OSCILLATION; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT;

EID: 27644578931     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.03.168     Document Type: Article

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