Dynamical prototype of the Arctic Oscillation as revealed by a neutral singular vector

Journal of Climate

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2119-2138

  Watanabe, Masahiro ^a   Jin, Fei Fei ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAROMETERS; HEATING; OSCILLATIONS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; TROPOSPHERE; VECTORS;

DYNAMICAL PROTOTYPES; EQUATION MODELS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ARCTIC OSCILLATION; BAROCLINIC MOTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; ROSSBY WAVE; VORTEX; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 3042787740     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2004)017<2119:DPOTAO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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