Sentences with phrase «poleward displacements»

Stronger mid-latitude westerly wind maxima have occurred in both hemispheres in most seasons from at least 1979 to the late 1990s, and poleward displacements of corresponding Atlantic and southern polar front jet streams have been documented.

«If a poleward displacement of the mid-latitude storm tracks also occurs, this will shift mid-latitude precipitation poleward, impacting regional agriculture, economy, and society.»

Re: poleward displacement of the storm tracks in the AR4 models.

This widening and the concomitant poleward displacement of the subtropical dry zones may be accompanied by large - scale drying near 30 ° N and 30 ° S.

The expansion of the tropical belt that we attribute to black carbon and tropospheric ozone in our work is consistent with the poleward displacement of precipitation seen in these models.

Not exact matches

Poleward eddy momentum fluxes interact with the zonal mean flow to sustain latitudinal displacements of the mid-latitude westerlies (Limpasuvan and Hartmann, 2000; Rashid and Simmonds, 2004, 2005).

They show that CCS warm events are associated with a strong and southeastward displacement of the wintertime Aleutian Low, a weak North Pacific High, and a regional pattern of poleward coastal wind anomalies.

Because the movement of the ITCZ follows the position of maximum surface heating associated with meridional displacement of the overhead position of the sun, near - equatorial regions experience two rain seasons, whereas regions further poleward experience one distinct rainfall season.