Low-frequency equatorial waves in vertically sheared zonal flow. Part II: Unstable waves

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 23, 1996, Pages 3589-3605

  Xie, Xiaosu ^a,b   Wang, Bin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; INSTABILITY; SHEAR FLOW; WAVE;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC FLOW; EQUATORIAL WAVE; INSTABILITY; LARGE SCALE; LOW FREQUENCY; ROSSBY WAVE; ZONAL FLOW;

EID: 0030324395     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1996)053<3589:LFEWIV>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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