Extratropical-tropical interaction during onset of the Australian monsoon: Reanalysis diagnostics and idealized dry simulations

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 3475-3498

  Davidson, Noel E ^a   Tory, Kevin J ^a   Reeder, Michael J ^b   Drosdowsky, Wasyl L ^a  

^a BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; STORMS; TROPICS; VORTICITY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

AUSTRALIAN MONSOON; EQUATORWARD-EXTENDING MIDLATITUDE; EXTRATROPICAL-TROPICAL INTERACTION; HIGH-LATITUDE CYCLOGENESIS; SUBTROPICAL JET; UPPER-TROPOSPHERIC EASTERLIES;

WIND;

CLIMATOLOGY; STORMS; TROPICS; VORTICITY; WAVE PROPAGATION; WIND;

BAROCLINIC WAVE; CYCLOGENESIS; DIVERGENCE; DRY SEASON; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; JET FLOW; MONSOON; ROSSBY WAVE; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; TROPOSPHERE; VORTICITY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 35748941643     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS4034.1     Document Type: Article

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