Rossby wave phase speeds and mixing barriers in the stratosphere. Part I: Observations

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 905-916

  Bowman, Kenneth P ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL LINES; ISENTROPIC; LAGRANGIAN TRAJECTORIES; MAXIMUM WIND SPEED; MIXING PROPERTY; MOVING WAVES; PHASE SPEED; POLAR JET STREAMS; POLAR VORTEX; POTENTIAL VORTICITY GRADIENTS; ROSSBY WAVE; SIGNIFICANT MIXING; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STRATOSPHERIC WINDS; SURF ZONES; ZONAL WAVENUMBER; ZONAL-MEAN ZONAL WINDS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SPEED; VORTEX FLOW; WIND;

MIXING;

BARRIERS; MIXING; ROSSBY; STRATOSPHERIC; WAVES; WINDS;

ISENTROPIC MIXING PROPERTIES; MIXING BARRIER; POLAR JET STREAM; ROSSBY WAVE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STRATOSPHERIC WIND;

EID: 0029656585     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1996)053<0905:RWPSAM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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