Assessment of the impact of the planetary scale on the decay of blocking and the use of phase diagrams and enstrophy as a diagnostic

Izvestiya - Atmospheric and Ocean Physics

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 45-51

  Lupo, A R ^a   Mokhov, I I ^b   Dostoglou, S ^a   Kunz, A R ^a   Burkhardt, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b OBUKHOV INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGRAM; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY;

EID: 33947399692     PISSN: 00014338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S0001433807010057     Document Type: Article

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