Wave activity diagnostics applied to baroclinic wave life cycles

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 16, 1996, Pages 2317-2353

  Magnusdottir, Gudrun ^a,b   Haynes, Peter H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE; VORTICITY; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVES;

BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; TROPOSPHERE; WAVE ACTIVITY; WAVE LIFE CYCLE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 0030391655     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1996)053<2317:WADATB>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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