An idealized nonlinear model of the Northern Hemisphere winter storm tracks

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1818-1839

  Chang, Edmund K M ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL METHODS; STORMS;

HEMISPHERE; MEAN FLOW; NONLINEAR MODEL; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; WINTER STORM;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL METHODS; STORMS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; BAROCLINIC MODE; CLIMATOLOGY; JET STREAM; LATENT HEAT FLUX; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADIATIVE FORCING; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; STORM TRACK; WINTER;

EID: 33746929410     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3726.1     Document Type: Article

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