Ocean and atmosphere storm tracks: The role of eddy vorticity forcing

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2267-2289

  Williams, Richard G ^a   Wilson, Chris ^a,b   Hughes, Chris W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT FLUX; KINETIC ENERGY; OCEAN CURRENTS; STORMS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; VORTICITY;

MID-LATITUDE BOUNDARY CURRENTS; OCEAN AND ATMOSPHERE STORM TRACKS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BOUNDARY CURRENT; CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; EDDY; HEAT FLUX; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; STORM TRACK; VORTICITY;

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 35148815708     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO3120.1     Document Type: Article

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