Dynamics of eddy-driven North Atlantic Oscillations in a localized shifting jet: Zonal structure and downstream blocking

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 73-100

  Luo, Dehai ^a,b   Zhou, Wen ^b   Wei, Ke ^b,c  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC BLOCKING; EDDY; JET; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; STORM TRACK; TOPOGRAPHY; VORTICITY;

EID: 72049090394     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-009-0559-y     Document Type: Article

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