Is blocking a circulation regime?

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 135, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2406-2413

  Stan, Cristiana ^a   Straus, David M ^a,b  

^a CENTER FOR OCEAN LAND ATMOSPHERE STUDIES   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

K-MEANS METHOD; LARGE-SCALE CIRCULATION; PACIFIC BLOCKING;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; VORTICITY;

METEOROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC BLOCKING; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 34447325334     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR3410.1     Document Type: Article

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