Influence of barotropic shear on the poleward advection of upper-tropospheric air

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 21, 1996, Pages 3013-3031

  Peters, Dieter ^a,c   Waugh, Darryn W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Inst F Atmospharenphysik   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC FLOW; BAROTROPIC WAVE; POLEWARD ADVECTION; ROSSBY WAVE; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 0030357830     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1996)053<3013:IOBSOT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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