Seasonal evolution of Aleutian low pressure systems: Implications for the North Pacific subpolar circulation

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1317-1339

  Pickart, Robert S ^a   Moore, G W K ^b   Macdonald, Alison M ^a   Renfrew, Ian A ^c   Walsh, John E ^d   Kessler, William S ^e  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^e NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALEUTIAN LOW; ASIAN CONTINENT; BAROCLINICITY; CYCLOGENESIS; CYCLONIC VORTICITY; GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS; GULF OF ALASKA; KAMCHATKA; LOWER TROPOSPHERE; NORTH PACIFIC; OCEANIC CIRCULATIONS; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; REANALYSIS; SATELLITE WINDS; SEA OF OKHOTSK; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SEASONAL CHANGES; TIME PERIODS; WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC; WIND STRESS CURL;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERICS; CLIMATOLOGY; STORMS; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; VORTICITY;

WIND STRESS;

BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; CYCLOGENESIS; GYRE; LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM; METEOROLOGY; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; STORM TRACK; TROPOSPHERE;

ALASKA; ALEUTIAN ISLANDS; EURASIA; GULF OF ALASKA; KAMCHATKA; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEA OF OKHOTSK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67649404267     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JPO3891.1     Document Type: Article

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