Dynamics of the stationary anomalies associated with the interannual variability of the midwinter Pacific storm track - The roles of tropical heating and remote eddy forcing

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2442-2461

  Chang, Edmund K M ^a   Guo, Yanjuan ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLIMATOLOGY; FLOW INTERACTIONS; JETS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

GLOBAL CIRCULATION MODEL; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; REMOTE EDDY FORCING; STORM TRACK; TROPICAL HEATING;

STORMS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLIMATOLOGY; FLOW INTERACTIONS; JETS; STORMS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ANNUAL VARIATION; EDDY; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HEATING; JET; STANDING WAVE; STORM TRACK;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 34547768006     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3986.1     Document Type: Article

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