Vertical vorticity development owing to down-sliding at slantwise isentropic surface

Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans

Volumn 27, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 715-743

  Wu, Guo Xiong ^a   Liu, Huan Zhu ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STABILITY; VORTICITY; WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC MOTION; ERTEL POTENTIAL VORTICITY; ISENTROPIC SURFACE; MOIST POTENTIAL VORTICITY; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; SLANTWISE VORTICITY DEVELOPMENT; STANTWISE VORTICITY DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 0012808152     PISSN: 03770265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0377-0265(97)00040-7     Document Type: Article

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