Synoptic analysis of the Pacific-North American teleconnection pattern

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 137, Issue 655, 2011, Pages 329-346

  Franzke, Christian ^a   Feldstein, Steven B ^b   Lee, Sukyoung ^b  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breaking waves; Low frequency variability; Optimal growth; Tropical convection

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH REANALYSIS; BACKGROUND FLOW; BREAKING WAVES; BREAKINGS; CYCLONIC SHEAR; DATA COVER; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; EDDY-ADVECTION; ENHANCED CONVECTION; LOW-FREQUENCY VARIABILITY; MAXIMUM AMPLITUDE; MIDLATITUDES; NORTH AMERICAN; OPTIMAL GROWTH; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; POTENTIAL VORTICITY GRADIENTS; RAPID GROWTH; SUBTROPICAL JET; SYNOPTIC ANALYSIS; SYNOPTIC EVOLUTION; TELECONNECTION PATTERNS; TROPICAL CONVECTION; TROPICAL INDIAN OCEAN; VORTICITY FLUX; WAVEBREAKING;

CLIMATOLOGY; FEEDBACK; OCEANOGRAPHY; OPTIMIZATION; TROPICAL ENGINEERING; TROPICS; VORTICITY; WATER WAVES; WAVE PROPAGATION;

SHEAR FLOW;

ADVECTION; ANTICYCLONE; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; CYCLONE; EDDY; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TELECONNECTION; VORTICITY; WAVE BREAKING; WAVE PROPAGATION;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (TROPICAL); PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 79952492553     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.768     Document Type: Article

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