Downstream self-destruction of storm tracks

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2459-2464

  Kaspi, Yohai ^a   Schneider, Tapio ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eddies; Planetary waves; Stationary waves; Storm tracks

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC BASIN; BAROCLINICITY; EARTH'S ROTATION; EDDIES; EDDY KINETIC ENERGY; ENERGY FLUXES; ENERGY TRANSPORT; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; LENGTH SCALE; MAXIMUM INTENSITIES; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; PLANETARY ROTATION; PLANETARY WAVES; STATIONARY WAVES; STORM TRACK; STORM TRACKS; ZONAL ASYMMETRY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; KINETIC ENERGY; ROTATION;

STORMS;

ASYMMETRY; EDDY; ENERGY FLUX; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; KINETIC ENERGY; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PLANETARY WAVE; STANDING WAVE; STORM TRACK; ZONAL FLOW;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 81555209855     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-10-05002.1     Document Type: Article

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