A scaling theory for horizontally homogeneous, baroclinically unstable flow on a beta plane

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 946-963

  Held, Isaac M ^a,b   Larichev, Vitaly D ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINICALLY UNSTABLE FLOW; BETA PLANE; EDDY AMPLITUDE; EDDY FLUX;

EID: 0030468990     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1996)053<0946:astfhh>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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