Linkage of atmospheric blocks and synoptic-scale Rossby waves: A climatological analysis

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1053-1063

  Altenhoff, Adrian M ^a   Martius, Olivia ^a   Croci maspoli, Mischa ^a   Schwierz, Cornelia ^a   Davies, Huw C ^a  

^a Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICYCLONE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; ROSSBY WAVE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; WAVE BREAKING; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 52949109860     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: 16000870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0870.2008.00354.x     Document Type: Article

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