Relations between annular modes and the mean state: Southern hemisphere winter

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 3328-3339

  Codron, Francis ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; JETS; WIND EFFECTS;

EDDY FORCING; EDDY-DRIVEN JET; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE ANNULAR MODE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLIMATOLOGY; JETS; WIND EFFECTS;

BAROCLINIC MOTION; CLIMATOLOGY; EDDY; JET STREAM; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STANDING WAVE; WINTER; ZONAL FLOW;

EID: 34948856452     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS4012.1     Document Type: Article

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