A synoptic-dynamic model of subseasonal atmospheric variability

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 449-474

  Weickmann, Klaus ^a   Berry, Edward ^b  

^a EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; MONITORING; TROPICS;

ATMOSPHERIC ANGULAR MOMENTUM (AAM); GLOBAL SYNOPTIC-DYNAMIC MODEL (GSDM); MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION (MJO); REAL-TIME WEATHER-CLIMATE MONITORING;

METEOROLOGY;

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; PREDICTION; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TELECONNECTION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33847376486     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR3293.1     Document Type: Article

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