A mechanism for atmospheric regime behavior

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1406-1419

  Crommelin, D T ^a,b   Opsteegh, J D ^a,c   Verhulst, F ^b  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAROMETERS; BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STEADY FLOW; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELS; HETEROCLINIC CONNECTIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; BAROTROPIC INSTABILITY; BIFURCATION; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 3242721496     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2004)061<1406:AMFARB>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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