The role of transient disturbances in the dynamics of the Pacific-North American Pattern

Journal of Climate

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 523-536

  Sheng, Jian ^a   Derome, Jacques ^b   Klasa, Marc ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PACIFIC-NORTH AMERICAN PATTERN; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; TROPOSPHERE; VORTICITY;

NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC;

EID: 3543038154     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1998)011<0523:TROTDI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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