Self-limiting feedback between baroclinic waves and a NAO-like sheared zonal flow

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Watanabe, Masahiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC WAVES; CYCLONIC SHEAR; DIPOLE FLOW; EDDY-MEAN FLOW INTERACTION; LARGE AMPLITUDE; MOMENTUM FLUX; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; SELF-LIMITING FEEDBACK; UPPER TROPOSPHERE; WIND ANOMALIES; ZONAL FLOWS; ZONAL WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; OCEANOGRAPHY;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING;

ANTICYCLONE; BAROCLINIC WAVE; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PERTURBATION; TROPOSPHERE; ZONAL FLOW;

EID: 67449113297     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL037176     Document Type: Article

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