The role of warm North Atlantic SST in the formation of positive height anomalies over the Ural Mountains during January 2008

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 246-256

  Han, Zhe ^a,b   Li, Shuanglin ^a   Mu, Mu ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

blocking; North Atlantic SSTA; severe snow; transient eddy

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551659915     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00376-010-0069-1     Document Type: Article

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