The dynamical link between surface cyclones, upper-tropospheric Rossby wave breaking and the life cycle of the Scandinavian blocking

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Michel, C ^a   Rivire, G ^a   Terray, L ^b   Joly, B ^a  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^b CERFACS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; OCEAN CURRENTS; TROPOSPHERE;

ATLANTIC CYCLONES; ATMOSPHERIC FLOWS; BREAKINGS; GREENLAND; QUASI-STATIONARY STATE; REANALYSIS; ROSSBY WAVE; SCANDINAVIA; SURFACE CYCLONE; UPPER TROPOSPHERE; WEATHER REGIMES;

STORMS;

ANTICYCLONE; CYCLONE; ROSSBY WAVE; TROPOSPHERE; LIFE CYCLE; WAVE BREAKING;

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GREENLAND; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 84861366995     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL051682     Document Type: Article

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