Tropical-extratropical interactions related to upper-level troughs at low latitudes

Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans

Volumn 43, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 36-62

  Knippertz, Peter ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atmospheric convection; Atmospheric precipitations; Climatology; Jet stream; Moisture transfer; Planetary waves

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; MOISTURE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); TROPICS;

LOW-LATITUDE TRANSIENT DISTURBANCES; TROPICAL PLUME (TP); TROPICAL-EXTRATROPICAL INTERACTIONS; UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; BAROTROPIC MOTION; ENERGY FLUX; JET STREAM; KINETIC ENERGY; MOISTURE TRANSFER; PLANETARY WAVE; ROSSBY WAVE; TROUGH; WAVE ENERGY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST);

EID: 33847610713     PISSN: 03770265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dynatmoce.2006.06.003     Document Type: Article

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