Blocking and Rossby wave breaking on the dynamical tropopause in the Southern hemisphere

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2881-2898

  Berrisford, P ^a   Hoskins, B J ^a   Tyrlis, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; STORMS; TROPOSPHERE; WIND;

ANTARCTIC OSCILLATION; POLAR JET; ROSSBY WAVE; WAVE BREAKING;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; STORMS; TROPOSPHERE; WIND;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ANTARCTIC OSCILLATION; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; ROSSBY WAVE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TROPOPAUSE; TROPOSPHERE; WAVE BREAKING; WAVE PROPAGATION;

AUSTRALASIA; INDIAN OCEAN; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST); PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST);

EID: 34347406056     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3984.1     Document Type: Article

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