Multiple regimes and low-frequency oscillations in the Northern Hemisphere's zonal-mean flow

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 840-860

  Kravtsov, Sergey ^a   Robertson, A W ^a,b   Ghil, M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Earth Institute   (United States)

^c ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; JETS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

LOW-FREQUENCY OSCILLATIONS; ZONAL-FLOW TIME SERIES; ZONAL-MEAN FLOW;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ESTIMATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; JETS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE OSCILLATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; ZONAL FLOW;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 33646015111     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3672.1     Document Type: Article

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