Variability in the position and strength of winter jet stream cores related to northern hemisphere teleconnections

Journal of Climate

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 584-592

  Strong, Courtenay ^a   Davis, Robert E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; JETS; SEA LEVEL; THERMAL GRADIENTS; WIND;

ARCTIC OSCILLATION INDEX; GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT FIELDS; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

JET STREAM; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; TELECONNECTION; TROPOSPHERE; WINTER;

EID: 40849150825     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JCLI1723.1     Document Type: Article

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