Greenland's pressure drag and the Atlantic storm track

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 4004-4030

  Jung, Thomas ^a   Rhines, Peter B ^b  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRAG; TOPOGRAPHY; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; VORTICITY; WAKES; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND;

ATLANTIC STORM TRACK; ELIASSEN-PALM FLUX; PRESSURE DRAG; STORM-TRACK ANALYSIS; TROUGH/RIDGE SYSTEM;

STORMS;

DRAG; STORMS; TOPOGRAPHY; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; VORTICITY; WAKES; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; DRAG; EASTERLY WAVE; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GRAVITY WAVE; JET STREAM; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; POLAR VORTEX; STANDING WAVE; STORM TRACK; WESTERLY; WINTER;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; BAFFIN BAY [ARCTIC OCEAN]; GREENLAND;

EID: 35748942395     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JAS2216.1     Document Type: Article

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