Selective absorption mechanism for the maintenance of blocking

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Yamazaki, Akira ^a   Itoh, Hisanori ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEW MECHANISMS; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; SELECTIVE ABSORPTION;

VORTICITY;

MAINTAINABILITY;

ABSORPTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NUMERICAL METHOD; VORTICITY;

EID: 65649099320     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL036770     Document Type: Article

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