Large-scale atmospheric circulation patterns during polar low events over the Nordic seas

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Blechschmidt, A M ^a   Bakan, S ^a,b   Grassl H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEAN ENGINEERING; SEA LEVEL; SKIN; STORMS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION PATTERNS; BARENTS SEA; BAROCLINIC; CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; DATA SETS; GEOPOTENTIAL; GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT; GREENLAND; HIGH PRESSURE; ICELAND; NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTIONS; NORDIC SEAS; NORTH ATLANTIC; POLAR LOWS; PRESSURE ANOMALY; REANALYSIS; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SKIN TEMPERATURES; STORM TRACK; TYPICAL VALUES;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BAROCLINIC MOTION; DATA SET; GEOPOTENTIAL; POLAR REGION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; STORM TRACK;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA; GREENLAND; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 66449109996     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008jd010865     Document Type: Article

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