Potential vorticities in semi-geostrophic theory

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 122, Issue 532, 1996, Pages 983-992

  Roulstone, Ian ^a   Sewell, Michael J ^a,b  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hamilton's principle; Kinematically possible motions; Potential vorticity; Semi geostrophic theory; Shallow water equations

Indexed keywords

GEOSTROPHIC THEORY; NUMERICAL METHOD; SHALLOW WATER MODEL; VORTICITY; WEATHER PREDICTION;

EID: 0030477844     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.53209     Document Type: Article

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