Interhemispheric propagation of stationary rossby waves in a horizontally nonuniform background flow

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 72, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 3233-3256

  Li, Yanjie ^a   Li, Jianping ^b   Jin, Fei Fei ^c   Zhao, Sen ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Atmospheric circulation; Dynamics; Rossby waves; Stationary waves; Streamfunction; Teleconnections

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DYNAMICS; JOINTS (ANATOMY); TROPICS; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ROSSBY WAVE; STATIONARY WAVES; STREAMFUNCTIONS; TELECONNECTIONS;

MECHANICAL WAVES;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; EASTERLY WAVE; ENERGY DISSIPATION; ROSSBY WAVE; STANDING WAVE; TELECONNECTION; WAVE ENERGY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 84943412396     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-14-0239.1     Document Type: Article

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