Dynamical origin of low-frequency variability in a highly nonlinear midlatitude coupled model

Journal of Climate

Volumn 19, Issue 24, 2006, Pages 6391-6408

  Kravtsov, Sergey ^a,b   Berloff, P ^c   Dewar, W K ^d   Ghil, M ^b,e   McWilliams, J C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; DYNAMICS; OCEANOGRAPHY; TURBULENCE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ATMOSPHERIC BIMODALITY; CONSTANT-DEPTH OCEANIC MIXED LAYER; DECADAL MIDLATITUDE COUPLED VARIABILITY; INERTIAL RECIRCULATION; OCEAN EDDY DYNAMICS;

METEOROLOGY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; JET STREAM; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; MIXED LAYER; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; OCEAN BASIN; ROSSBY WAVE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WAVE PROPAGATION; ZONAL FLOW;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 33846139294     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3976.1     Document Type: Article

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