On the linkages between the tropospheric isentropic slope and eddy fluxes of heat during northern hemisphere winter

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1811-1823

  Thompson, David W J ^a   Birner, Thomas ^a  

^a Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Annular mode; atmospheric; Atmospheric circulation; Climate variability; Large scale motions; Stratophere troposphere coupling; Waves

Indexed keywords

ANNULAR MODE; ANTHROPOGENIC CLIMATE CHANGES; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BAROCLINIC WAVES; BAROCLINICITY; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; EDDY FLUXES; EDDY HEAT FLUXES; EXTRATROPICAL; ISENTROPIC; LARGE-SCALE MOTIONS; LOW FREQUENCY; LOWER TROPOSPHERE; MOMENTUM FLUX; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES; STRATOSPHERIC VARIABILITY; TIME-SCALES;

ATMOSPHERICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONES; HEAT FLUX; METEOROLOGY; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WAVES;

TROPOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BAROCLINIC MOTION; CLIMATE VARIATION; HEAT FLUX; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE INTERACTION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TROPOPAUSE;

EID: 84864846749     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-11-0187.1     Document Type: Article

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