Toward understanding the dynamical origin of atmospheric regime behavior in a baroclinic model

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 887-904

  Sempf, Mario ^a,c   Dethloff, Klaus ^a   Handorf, Dörthe ^a   Kurgansky, Michael V ^b,d  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PLASMAPHYSIK   (Germany)

^d Institute of Atmospheric Physics   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY;

DECADAL VARIATION; INTERANNUAL VARIATION; QUASIGEOSTROPHIC MODEL; THERMAL FORCING;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ARCTIC OSCILLATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BAROCLINIC MODE; DECADAL VARIATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; SIMULATION;

EID: 34147098600     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3862.1     Document Type: Article

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