Dynamical evolution of North Atlantic ridges and Poleward Jet stream displacements

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 954-963

  Woollings, Tim ^a   Pinto, Joaquim G ^b   Santos, João A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Jets; North Atlantic Ocean; Teleconnections; Troughs ridges; Wave breaking

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CIRCULATION ANOMALIES; DUAL ROLE; DYNAMICAL EVOLUTION; EDDY FORCING; JET STREAMS; METHODS OF ANALYSIS; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; NORTH PACIFIC; ROSSBY WAVE; TELECONNECTIONS; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; TROUGHS/RIDGES; WAVE BREAKING;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATOLOGY; LIQUID WAVES; MAINTENANCE; TROPICS; TROPOSPHERE;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

ANTICYCLONE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; EDDY; JET STREAM; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; ROSSBY WAVE; TELECONNECTION; TROPOSPHERE; TROUGH; WAVE BREAKING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 79958700383     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2011JAS3661.1     Document Type: Article

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