The role of linear interference in the annular mode response to extratropical surface forcing

Journal of Climate

Volumn 23, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 6036-6050

  Smith, Karen L ^a   Fletcher, Christopher G ^a   Kushner, And Paul J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Annular mode; Extratropics; Forcing; Surface layer

Indexed keywords

ANNULAR MODE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLASSICAL PROBLEMS; EXTRATROPICAL; EXTRATROPICS; FORCING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL SIMULATIONS; IN-PHASE; LINEAR INTERFERENCE; MODE RESPONSE; NONLINEAR BEHAVIOR; NORTHERN ANNULAR MODE; OUT OF PHASE; ROSSBY WAVE; ROSSBY WAVE RESPONSE; SIBERIA; SNOW COVERS; STATIONARY WAVES; STRATOSPHERIC WARMINGS; SURFACE COOLING; SURFACE FORCING; SURFACE LAYER; TIME EVOLUTIONS; WAVE ACTIVITY; WAVE RESPONSE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OCEAN CURRENTS; SNOW; SUPERALLOYS; TROPOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERICS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; CLIMATE FORCING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; ROSSBY WAVE; SNOW COVER; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE;

SIBERIA;

EID: 78649919506     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JCLI3606.1     Document Type: Article

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