Abstract
Two major blocking events took place over the South Pacific Ocean east of New Zealand, 23 July-4 August and 19-27 August 1979. The configuration of the overall flow, including the split in the westerlies, the location of the blocking highs, and the wavenumber breakdown were very similar. The tendency for blocking highs to reform in the same location in close sequence is referred to as a blocking episode. The blocking events are analyzed in detail and the imprint they left on the general circulation statistics for the winter as a whole are presented. -from Author
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2061-2069 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue number | 19 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1986 |
| Externally published | Yes |