Effect of latitude on the persistence of eddy-driven jets

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Barnes, Elizabeth A ^a   Hartmann, Dennis L ^a   Frierson, Dargan M W ^a   Kidston, Joseph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH LATITUDES; HIGHER LATITUDES; PHASE STATE; POLEWARD SHIFT; TOTAL PERSISTENCE; VORTICITY EQUATION; WAVEBREAKING;

GLOBAL WARMING; OCEANOGRAPHY; SPHERES;

GREENHOUSE GASES;

EARTH ROTATION; GREENHOUSE GAS; JET STREAM; LATITUDE; MESOSCALE EDDY; POLAR METEOROLOGY; VORTICITY; WAVE BREAKING;

EID: 77953593657     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL043199     Document Type: Article

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