Quasi-geostrophic dynamics of an upper tropos PV anomaly in two idealized high resolution m and related stratosphere-troposphere exchange

Contributions to Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 333-347

  Wirth, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

POTENTIAL VORTICITY; QUASI GEOSTROPHIC DYNAMICS; STRATOSPHERE/TROPOSPHERE EXCHANGE; TROPOPAUSE; TROPOSPHERE; VORTEX;

EID: 0030478560     PISSN: 00058173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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