Summertime planetary wave resonance in the Northern and Southern hemispheres

Journal of Climate

Volumn 30, Issue 16, 2017, Pages 6133-6150

  Kornhuber, K ^a,b   Petoukhov, V ^a   Karoly, D ^c   Petri, S ^a   Rahmstorf, S ^a,b   Coumou, D ^a,d  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atmospheric circulation; Extreme events; Planetary waves; Resonance; Troposphere

Indexed keywords

METEOROLOGY; RESONANCE; TROPOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; EXTREME EVENTS; EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PLANETARY WAVES; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SURFACE WEATHER CONDITIONS; ZONAL-MEAN ZONAL WINDS;

FIGHTER AIRCRAFT;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; EXTREME EVENT; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PLANETARY WAVE; RESONANCE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SUMMER; TROPOSPHERE;

AUSTRALIA; EURASIA; NORTH AMERICA; PATAGONIA; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 85025670908     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0703.1     Document Type: Article

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