Diagnostic case studies of the northern annular mode

Journal of Climate

Volumn 17, Issue 20, 2004, Pages 3990-4004

  Black, Robert X ^a   McDaniel, Brent A ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SIGNAL PROCESSING; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE; WAVES;

NORTHERN ANNULAR MODE (NAM); POTENTIAL VORTICITY (PV);

UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

CLIMATE FORCING; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; ROSSBY WAVE;

EID: 8744316720     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2004)017<3990:DCSOTN>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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