Atmospheric blocking in a high resolution climate model: Influences of mean state, orography and eddy forcing

Atmospheric Science Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 34-40

  Berckmans, Julie ^a   Woollings, Tim ^b   Demory, Marie Estelle ^b   Vidale, Pier Luigi ^b   Roberts, Malcolm ^c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atmospheric blocking; High resolution; Mean state; Orography; Transient eddies

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC BLOCKING; CLIMATE MODELING; EDDY; GEOPOTENTIAL; JET STREAM; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OROGRAPHY; WINTER;

EUROPE; ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

EID: 84873868937     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1530261X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asl2.412     Document Type: Article

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