Spatial pattern and zonal shift of the North Atlantic Oscillation. Part I: A dynamical interpretation

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2805-2826

  Luo, Dehai ^a   Zhu, Zhihui ^a   Ren, Rongcai ^b   Zhong, Linhao ^b   Wang, Chunzai ^c  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^c ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamics; Empirical orthogonal functions; North Atlantic Oscillation; Rossby waves; Shear structure flows; Storm tracks

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; ROSSBY WAVE; SHEAR STRUCTURE/FLOWS; STORM TRACKS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SHEAR FLOW; SPEED; STORMS;

ORTHOGONAL FUNCTIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; JET STREAM; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; ROSSBY WAVE; STORM TRACK;

EID: 77958604781     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JAS3345.1     Document Type: Article

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