The morphology of northern hemisphere blocking

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1653-1665

  Tyrlis, E ^a   Hoskins, B J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; MORPHOLOGY; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; RHENIUM; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WAVES;

(1 1 0) SURFACE; AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY (AMS); COMPOSITE BEHAVIOR; DATA SETS; ECMWF RE ANALYSIS (ERA 40); INDIVIDUAL (PSS 544-7); NORTHERN HEMISPHERE (NH); POTENTIAL VORTICITY (PV); ROSSBY WAVES; WAVE BREAKING;

SURFACE POTENTIAL;

ANTICYCLONE; ATMOSPHERIC BLOCKING; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; ROSSBY WAVE; STORM TRACK; WAVE BREAKING;

EID: 40949099793     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JAS2338.1     Document Type: Article

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