Further investigation of the impact of idealized continents and SST distributions on the northern Hemisphere storm tracks

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 840-856

  Sauliére, Jérôme ^a   Brayshaw, David James ^b   Hoskins, Brian ^a,b   Blackburn, Michael ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASIAN CONTINENT; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION MODEL; BAROCLINIC; BAROCLINICITY; COLD AIR; COLD WATERS; CONVECTIVE HEATING; INDONESIA; KUROSHIO; MERIDIONAL TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; MODEL CONFIGURATION; NEAR-SURFACE; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTH PACIFIC; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; ROSSBY WAVE; SST ANOMALIES; STORM TRACK; SURFACE WINDS; WARM WATER; WESTERN PACIFIC;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CLIMATOLOGY; OCEAN CURRENTS;

STORMS;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; BOUNDARY CONDITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OROGRAPHY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STORM TRACK; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; WARM WATER; WAVE PROPAGATION; WESTERLY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84858177808     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-11-0113.1     Document Type: Article

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