Baroclinic eady wave and fronts. Part I: Viscous semigeostrophy and the impact of boundary condition

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 24, 1998, Pages 3598-3615

  Xu, Qin ^a   Gu, Wei ^b,c   Gao, Jidong ^c  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLOUDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VISCOUS FLOW; WAVE PROPAGATION;

BAROCLINIC WAVES;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

BAROCLINIC MOTION; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FRONT; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; POTENTIAL VORTICITY;

EID: 0000825281     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1998)055<3598:BEWAFP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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