Development of anomalous temperature regimes over the southeastern United States: Synoptic behavior and role of low-frequency modes

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 553-570

  Westby, Rebecca M ^a   Black, Robert X ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Extreme events; North Atlantic Oscillation; Pacific North American pattern oscillation; Potential vorticity; Surface temperature; Winter cool season

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; TROPOSPHERE; VORTICITY;

EXTREME EVENTS; NORTH AMERICAN; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; WINTER/COOL SEASONS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE;

AIR MASS; AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; GEOPOTENTIAL; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TROPOSPHERE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84942761570     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: 15200434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/WAF-D-14-00093.1     Document Type: Article

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