A Climatology of Rossby wave breaking on the Southern Hemisphere tropopause

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 798-811

  Ndarana, Thando ^a,b   Waugh, Darryn W ^b  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE   (South Africa)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Rossby waves; Seasonal variability; Southern Hemisphere; Synoptic climatology; Tropopause

Indexed keywords

ROSSBY WAVE; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SYNOPTIC CLIMATOLOGY; TROPOPAUSE;

CLIMATOLOGY; OCEAN CURRENTS; OPTIMIZATION; VORTICITY;

CLOUDS;

ANTICYCLONE; JET FLOW; POLAR FRONT; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; ROSSBY WAVE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TROPOPAUSE; WAVE BREAKING;

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

EID: 79955028259     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JAS3460.1     Document Type: Article

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