Observed patterns of month-to-month storm-track variability and their relationship to the background flow

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1420-1437

  Wettstein, Justin J ^a   Wallace, John M ^b  

^a BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

North Atlantic Oscillation; Storm tracks

Indexed keywords

850-HPA; BACKGROUND FLOW; GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT; GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT ANOMALIES; HIGH-PASS; INDIAN OCEAN; MEAN FLOW; MERIDIONAL WINDS; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE ANNULAR MODES; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; PACIFIC-NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH ATLANTIC; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE ANNULAR MODES; SPATIAL SCALE; STORM TRACK; WESTERN PACIFIC; ZONAL WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; HIGH PASS FILTERS; OCEANOGRAPHY; TROPOSPHERE;

STORMS;

CLIMATOLOGY; HEAT FLUX; JET FLOW; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STORM TRACK; TROPOSPHERE; ZONAL WIND;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 77955569454     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JAS3194.1     Document Type: Article

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