Steady linear response to tropical heating in barotropic and baroclinic models

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1698-1709

  Ting, Mingfang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BAROCLINIC MODEL; BAROTROPIC MODEL; ENERGY DISPERSION; ROSSBY WAVE; TROPICAL HEATING; VORTICITY;

EID: 0030425540     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1996)053<1698:SLRTTH>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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