Zonal flow regime changes in a GCM and in a simple quasigeostrophic model: The role of stratospheric dynamics

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1366-1383

  Bordi, Isabella ^a   Fraedrich, Klaus ^b   Ghil, Michael ^c,d   Sutera, Alfonso ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT FLUX; TROPOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION; BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MERIDIONAL TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC MODEL; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; VERTICAL WIND SHEAR; ZONAL-MEAN ZONAL WINDS;

ASTROPHYSICS;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; EASTERLY WAVE; FLOW MODELING; HEAT FLUX; JET FLOW; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PARAMETERIZATION; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STRATOSPHERE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TROPOSPHERE; WIND SHEAR; ZONAL FLOW; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 69849090935     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JAS2771.1     Document Type: Article

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