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A New Blocking Index and Its Application: Blocking Action in the Northern Hemisphere

A New Blocking Index and Its Application: Blocking Action in the Northern Hemisphere

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A New Blocking Index and Its Application: Blocking Action in the Northern Hemisphere

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A New Blocking Index and Its Application: Blocking Action in the Northern Hemisphere

Publisher

Boston, MA: American Meteorological Society

Journal title

Journal of climate, 2006-10, Vol.19 (19), p.4819-4839

Language

English

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Boston, MA: American Meteorological Society

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Contents

In this paper, a new two-dimensional blocking index is proposed by defining a difference between the daily 500-hPa geopotenial heights at the reference latitude and its north side. The reference latitude is determined by a composite latitude-dependent 500-hPa geopotenial height of blocking events in different seasons and sectors. The new index can...

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A New Blocking Index and Its Application: Blocking Action in the Northern Hemisphere

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_19343426

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_19343426

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ISSN

0894-8755

E-ISSN

1520-0442

DOI

10.1175/jcli3886.1

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