Do high-frequency eddies contribute to low-frequency teleconnection tendencies?

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 419-433

  Athanasiadis, Panos J ^a   Ambaum, Maarten H P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDDY FLUXES; EDDY FORCING; EDDY TRANSPORTS; FORCINGS; HIGH-FREQUENCY EDDIES; ISENTROPIC; LOW FREQUENCY; NORTH AMERICAN; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; RATE OF CHANGE; TELECONNECTIONS; VECTOR REPRESENTATIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BIOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY;

ADVECTION;

ADVECTION; EDDY; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TELECONNECTION;

EID: 77649272461     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JAS3153.1     Document Type: Article

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