Tropospheric waveguide teleconnections and their seasonality

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 1513-1532

  Branstator, Grant ^a   Teng, Haiyan ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamics; Interannual variability; Intraseasonal variability; Rossby waves; Seasonal variability; Teleconnections

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DYNAMICS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; MECHANICAL WAVES; TROPOSPHERE; WAVEGUIDES;

INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; INTRASEASONAL VARIABILITY; ROSSBY WAVE; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; TELECONNECTIONS;

FIGHTER AIRCRAFT;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; ROSSBY WAVE; SEASONALITY; TELECONNECTION; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 85018442106     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-16-0305.1     Document Type: Article

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