Abrupt evolution of the summer Northern Hemisphere annular mode and its association with blocking

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Tachibana, Yoshihiro ^a,b   Nakamura, Tetsu ^c   Komiya, Hideki ^d   Takahashi, Masanori ^d  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^d TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLIGHT DYNAMICS; MAINTENANCE; OCEANOGRAPHY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATMOSPHERIC PATTERN; DECAY STAGES; EAST ASIA; EURASIA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; JET STREAMS; MIDLATITUDES; NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTIONS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE ANNULAR MODES; PRESSURE ANOMALY; REANALYSIS; SUBTROPICAL JET; SURFACE TEMPERATURES;

BIOLOGY;

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; JET FLOW; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENT; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 77954497592     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD012894     Document Type: Article

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