Research Article

Atmospheric Circulation Regimes in a Nonlinear Quasi-Geostrophic Model

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Wintertime (DJF) extratropical nonzonal diabatic heating (K day−1) at (left) 300 hPa and (right) 700 hPa derived from NCEP-NCAR reanalysis data and used in the QG three-level model. See text for details.