Anomalous Atmospheric Flows and Blocking

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Content: Edited by Page iii Copyright page Page iv Foreword Page xi Barry Saltzma Preface Pages xiii-xvi Roberto Benzi, Aksel C. Wiin-Nielsen Global Scale Circulations—A Review Original Research Article Pages 3-27 A.C. Wlin-Nlelsen The Life Cycles of Persistent Anomalies and Blocking over the North Pacific Original Research Article Pages 31-69 Randall M. Dole On Atmospheric Blocking Types and Blocking Numbers Original Research Article Pages 71-99 Heinz-Dieter Schilling Observational Characteristics of Atmospheric Planetary Waves with Bimodal Amplitude Distributions Original Research Article Pages 101-133 Anthony R. Hansen A Case Study of Eddy Forcing During an Atlantic Blocking Episode Original Research Article Pages 135-162 G.J. Shutts The Effect of Local Baroclinic Instability on Zonal Inhomogeneities of Vorticity and Temperature Original Research Article Pages 165-182 R.T. Plerrehumbert Forcing of Planetary-Scale Blocking Anticyclones by Synoptic-Scale Eddies Original Research Article Pages 183-198 J. Egger, W. Metz, G. Moller Deterministic and Statistical Properties of Northern Hemisphere, Middle Latitude Circulation: Minimal Theoretical Models Original Research Article Pages 199-225 A. Speranza Probability Density Distribution of Large-Scale Atmospheric Flow Original Research Article Pages 227-249 Alfonso Sutera Stationary Planetary Waves, Blocking, and Interannual Variability Original Research Article Pages 251-273 R.S. Llndzen Instability Theory and Nonlinear Evolution of Blocks and Mature Anomalies Original Research Article Pages 277-303 J.S. Frederiksen Numerical Prediction: Some Results from Operational Forecasting at ECMWF Original Research Article Pages 305-338 A.J. Simmons Envelope Orography and Maintenance of the Quasi-Stationary Circulation in the ECMWF Global Models Original Research Article Pages 339-374 Stefano Tibaldi Numerical Forecasts of Tropospheric and Stratospheric Events During the Winter of 1979: Sensitivity to the Model's Horizontal Resolution and Vertical Extent Original Research Article Pages 375-413 Carlos R. Mechoso, Max J. Suarez, Koji Yamazaki, Akio Kitoh, Akio Arakawa Mechanistic Experiments to Determine the Origin of Short-Scale Southern Hemisphere Stationary Rossby Waves Original Research Article Pages 415-442 Eugenia Kalnay, Kingtse C. Mo SST Anomalies and Blocking Original Research Article Pages 443-452 J. Shukla Index Pages 453-459