Meridional and downward propagation of atmospheric circulation anomalies. Part I: Northern hemisphere cold season variability

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1880-1901

  Cai, Ming ^a   Ren, R C ^a,b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATOLOGY; ENTROPY; VORTICITY; WIND EFFECTS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT; GLOBAL MASS CIRCULATION;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATOLOGY; ENTROPY; VORTICITY; WIND EFFECTS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BAROTROPIC INSTABILITY; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRATOSPHERE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TROPOPAUSE; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 34250772295     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3922.1     Document Type: Article

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