An energetic view of the relation between the Mediterranean storm track and the North Atlantic Oscillation

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 137, Issue 656, 2011, Pages 749-756

  Nasr Esfahany, M A ^a   Ahmadi Givi, F ^a   Mohebalhojeh, A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Baroclinic conversion; Baroclinic generation; Barotropic conversion; Eddy kinetic energy; Energy flux convergence

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC; BAROCLINIC GENERATION; BAROTROPIC; EDDY KINETIC ENERGY; ENERGY-FLUX CONVERGENCE;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ENERGY TRANSFER; KINETIC ENERGY; PRODUCTION PLATFORMS; QUANTUM OPTICS; STORMS;

ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; BAROCLINIC MOTION; BAROTROPIC MOTION; CONVERGENCE; EDDY; ENERGETICS; ENERGY FLUX; KINETIC ENERGY; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; STORM TRACK;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (WEST); INDIAN OCEAN; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MIDDLE EAST; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN];

EID: 79955465992     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.794     Document Type: Article

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