Open AccessBaroclinic Instability in High Latitudes Induced by Polar Vortex: A Connection to the Arctic Oscillation
Author(s) -
Hiroshi Tanaka,
Hiroki Tokinaga
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal of the atmospheric sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.853
H-Index - 173
eISSN - 1520-0469
pISSN - 0022-4928
DOI - 10.1175/1520-0469(2002)059<0069:biihli>2.0.co;2
Subject(s) - baroclinity , physics , polar vortex , arctic oscillation , polar , jet (fluid) , atmospheric sciences , vortex , oscillation (cell signaling) , instability , middle latitudes , climatology , mechanics , geology , chemistry , quantum mechanics , biochemistry , northern hemisphere