The link between rossby wave breakings and weather regime transitions

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1730-1748

  Michel, Clio ^a   Rivière, Gwendal ^a  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

Atlantic Ocean; Rossby waves; Wave breaking; Winter cool season

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BREAKINGS; ECMWF RE-ANALYSIS; GREENLAND; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; LINEAR PROPAGATION; LOW FREQUENCY; LOW-FREQUENCY WAVES; NONLINEAR INTERACTIONS; NORTH ATLANTIC; ROSSBY WAVE; ROSSBY WAVES; STREAMFUNCTION TENDENCY; WAVE BREAKING; WEATHER REGIMES; WESTERN ATLANTIC; WESTERN EUROPE; WINTER/COOL SEASON;

UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

ANTICYCLONE; EDDY; ROSSBY WAVE; SEASONAL VARIATION; WAVE BREAKING; WEATHER FORECASTING; WESTERLY; WINTER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 80051807664     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2011JAS3635.1     Document Type: Article

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