The impact of baroclinic eddy feedback on the persistence of jet variability in the two-layer model

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 410-429

  Zurita Gotor, Pablo ^a   Blanco Fuentes, Javier ^b   Gerber, Edwin P ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE GEOCIENCIAS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Annular mode; Atmospheric circulation; Baroclinic flows; Climate variability; Eddies; Quasigeostrophic models

Indexed keywords

ANNULAR MODE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BAROCLINIC FLOWS; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; EDDIES; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC MODEL;

ASTROPHYSICS; CLIMATOLOGY;

HEAT FLUX;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BAROCLINIC MOTION; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; CLIMATE VARIATION; EDDY; HEAT FLUX; JET FLOW; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 84891650768     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-13-0102.1     Document Type: Article

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