Domain-independent attribution. Part II: Its value in the verification of dynamical theories of frontal waves and frontogenesis

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 253-262

  Bishop, Craig H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIVERGENCE ANOMALY; FRONTAL WAVE DEVELOPMENT; FRONTOGENESIS; VORTICITY ANOMALY; WINDFIELD PARTITIONING;

ATMOSPHERE; ATTRIBUTION; DYNAMICS; FRONTOGENESIS; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; MODELLING-MATHEMATICAL; VERIFICATION;

EID: 0029656569     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1996)053<0253:DIAPII>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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