Impact of synoptic-scale wave breaking on the NAO and its connection with the stratosphere in ERA-40

Journal of Climate

Volumn 22, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 5464-5480

  Kunz, Torben ^a   Fraedrich, Klaus ^a   Lunkeit, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECMWF RE-ANALYSIS; ISENTROPIC SURFACES; LARGE-SCALE CIRCULATION; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; NORTHERN ANNULAR MODE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; STRATOSPHERIC POLAR VORTEX; STRATOSPHERIC VARIABILITY; SUBTROPICAL JET; TROPOSPHERIC WAVES; WAVEBREAKING;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ELECTRIC CIRCUIT BREAKERS; FEEDBACK; JETS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ANTICYCLONE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; DETECTION METHOD; FORECASTING METHOD; JET; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; POLAR VORTEX; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRATOSPHERE; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TROPOSPHERE; WAVE BREAKING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 71949121266     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JCLI2750.1     Document Type: Article

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