A dynamical interpretation of the poleward shift of the jet streams in global warming scenarios

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1253-1272

  Rivière, Gwendal ^a  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

Baroclinic flows; Coupled models; Dynamics; Eddies; Global warming; Jets

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; BAROCLINIC FLOWS; BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; BAROCLINICITY; COUPLED CLIMATE MODEL; COUPLED MODELS; CRITICAL LEVEL; DYNAMICAL INTERPRETATION; EDDIES; EDDY MOMENTUM FLUX; JET STREAMS; LENGTH SCALE; LONG TERM SIMULATION; LONG WAVELENGTH; LOWER TROPOSPHERE; POLEWARD SHIFT; POTENTIAL VORTICITY GRADIENTS; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC MODEL; SHORT WAVELENGTHS; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SPATIAL SCALE; STORM TRACK; TEMPERATURE RELAXATION; THREE-LEVEL; WAVEBREAKING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLOBAL WARMING; METEOROLOGY; MOMENTUM; OCEANOGRAPHY; STRENGTHENING (METAL); TROPOSPHERE;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ANTICYCLONE; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; BAROCLINIC MODE; BAROCLINIC MOTION; EDDY; JET; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; TWENTIETH CENTURY; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; WAVE BREAKING;

EID: 79959647596     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2011JAS3641.1     Document Type: Article

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