Precursory changes in planetary wave activity for midwinter surface pressure anomalies over the Arctic

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 415-427

  Takaya, Koutarou ^a   Nakamura, Hisashi ^a,b  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC OSCILLATION; CLIMATE PREDICTION; PLANETARY WAVE; POLAR VORTEX; ROSSBY WAVE; STRATOSPHERE; SURFACE PRESSURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; THERMAL STRUCTURE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ARCTIC; EURASIA;

EID: 49849099424     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.86.415     Document Type: Article

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