Dynamical relationship between the phase of North Atlantic oscillations and the meridional excursion of a preexisting jet: An analytical study

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1838-1858

  Luo, Dehai ^a   Gong, Tingting ^a   Zhong, Linhao ^b  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITION REACTIONS; ARCTIC ENGINEERING; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERICS; TURBULENT FLOW;

AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY (AMS); ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; ANALYTICAL STUDY; DIPOLE COMPONENTS; INDUCED DIPOLES; INITIAL STATES; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION (NAO); NORTHERN HEMISPHERE (NH); STATIONARY WAVES; SYNOPTIC SCALE EDDIES;

JETS;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; JET FLOW; LAND-SEA INTERACTION; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; STANDING WAVE;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 45849128018     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JAS2560.1     Document Type: Article

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