Dynamics of synoptic eddy and low-frequency flow interaction. Part I: A linear closure

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1677-1694

  Jin, Fei Fei ^a,b   Pan, Lin Lin ^a,b,c   Watanabe, M ^d  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; FLOW INTERACTIONS; LINEAR EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATOLOGICAL MEAN FLOW; LOW-FREQUENCY FLOW INTERACTION; QUASI-EQUILIBRIUM APPROXIMATION; SYNOPTIC EDDY FLOW; TIME-MEAN ANOMALIES;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AERODYNAMICS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLIMATOLOGY; FLOW INTERACTIONS; LINEAR EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE MODELING; EDDY; FLOW PATTERN; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY;

EID: 33746912651     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3715.1     Document Type: Article

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