Thermally driven and eddy-driven jet variability in reanalysis

Journal of Climate

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1587-1596

  Li, Camille ^a   Wettstein, Justin J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric circulation; Interannual variability; Jets; Teleconnections; Troposphere

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC WAVES; BAROCLINIC EDDY; BAROCLINICITY; COMPOSITE ANALYSIS; DIABATIC HEATING; DYNAMICAL PROCESS; EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS; EXTRATROPICAL; HADLEY CIRCULATION; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; MERIDIONAL FLUXES; MOMENTUM FLUX; MOMENTUM TRANSPORTS; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; PACIFIC SECTOR; PACIFIC-NORTH AMERICA; REANALYSIS; TELECONNECTIONS; THERMALLY DRIVEN; ZONAL WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATOLOGY; JETS; TROPOSPHERE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

MOMENTUM;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BAROCLINIC MOTION; EDDY; HADLEY CELL; JET FLOW; TELECONNECTION; TROPOSPHERE; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND FIELD; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 84863283157     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00145.1     Document Type: Article

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