The role of land-sea topography in blocking formation in a block-eddy interaction model

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 3056-3065

  Luo, Dehai ^a   Chen, Zhe ^b  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; FLOW INTERACTIONS; JETS; LANDFORMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EDDY-DRIVEN BLOCKING; LAND-SEA TOPOGRAPHY; WAVE-TOPOGRAPHY INTERACTION;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; FLOW INTERACTIONS; JETS; LANDFORMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EDDY; LAND-SEA INTERACTION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; THEORETICAL STUDY; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 33845274333     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3774.1     Document Type: Article

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