Atmospheric blocking as a traffic jam in the jet stream

Science

Volumn 361, Issue 6397, 2018, Pages 42-47

  Nakamura, Noboru ^a   Huang, Clare S Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC BLOCKING; CLIMATE CHANGE; JET STREAM; MATHEMATICAL THEORY; STANDING WAVE; WAVE FORCE;

AIR AND AIR RELATED PHENOMENA; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEAT TRANSFER; JET STREAM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC; WEATHER; WIND; HIGHWAY; MATHEMATICS;

EID: 85047446581     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.aat0721     Document Type: Article

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