Interannual variations of the blocking high over the Ural Mountains and its association with the AO/NAO in boreal winter

Acta Meteorologica Sinica

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 163-175

  Chao, Li ^a,b   Qingyun, Zhang ^a   Liren, Ji ^a   Jingbei, Peng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

AO; Icelandic low; NAO dipole anomaly pattern; Ural blocking high

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE; ANNUAL VARIATION; ARCTIC OSCILLATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; ZONAL WIND;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); URALS;

EID: 84860469384     PISSN: 08940525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13351-012-0203-3     Document Type: Article

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