Characteristics of observed atmospheric circulation patterns associated with temperature extremes over North America

Journal of Climate

Volumn 25, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 7266-7281

  Loikith, Paul C ^a   Broccoli, Anthony J ^a  

^a Rutgers University   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric circulation; Extreme events; Synoptic scale processes

Indexed keywords

ANOMALY PATTERNS; ANTHROPOGENIC CHANGES; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION PATTERNS; CIRCULATION PATTERNS; DAILY TEMPERATURES; EXTREME EVENTS; EXTREME TEMPERATURES; FUTURE CLIMATE; FUTURE TRENDS; GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT; LARGE-SCALE CIRCULATION PATTERNS; LOCAL SURFACES; NON-LINEAR RESPONSE; PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; PHYSICAL MECHANISM; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SPATIAL SCALE; SYNOPTIC-SCALE PROCESSES; TEMPERATURE EXTREMES; WATERBODIES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; LANDFORMS; SEA LEVEL;

METEOROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; EXTREME EVENT; GEOPOTENTIAL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TREND ANALYSIS;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84867669756     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00709.1     Document Type: Article

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