A diagnostic study of different types of rossby wave breaking events in the northern extratropics

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 613-631

  Gabriel, Axel ^a   Peters, Dieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICYCLONE; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OVERTURN; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; ROSSBY WAVE; WAVE BREAKING;

ASIA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); EURASIA; EUROPE; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); WEST ASIA;

EID: 58049124088     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.86.613     Document Type: Article

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