A synoptic climatology of episodic, subseasonal retractions of the Pacific jet

Journal of Climate

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2846-2860

  Jaffe, Sharon C ^a   Martin, Jonathan E ^a   Vimont, Daniel J ^a   Lorenz, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Jets; Northern Hemisphere; Pacific Ocean; Potential vorticity; Sea level pressure; Synoptic climatology

Indexed keywords

NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; PACIFIC OCEAN; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SYNOPTIC CLIMATOLOGY;

SEA LEVEL; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); VORTICITY;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATOLOGY; GEOPOTENTIAL; JET FLOW; MONSOON; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 79959332715     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JCLI3995.1     Document Type: Article

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