Rossby wave breaking and transport between the tropics and extratropics above the subtropical jet

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 607-626

  Homeyer, Cameron R ^a   Bowman, Kenneth P ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Potential vorticity; Rossby waves; Transport; Wave breaking

Indexed keywords

LAGRANGIAN TRANSPORT; MONSOON CIRCULATIONS; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; ROSSBY WAVE; TRANSPORT; TROPICAL TROPOPAUSE; WAVEBREAKING;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATOLOGY; GEOMETRY; OCEAN CURRENTS; TRANSPORTATION; WATER WAVES;

TROPICS;

ANTICYCLONE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; JET; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; MONSOON; ROSSBY WAVE; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY; TROPOPAUSE; WAVE BREAKING;

EID: 84869053613     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-12-0198.1     Document Type: Article

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