The diffusive approximation for eddy fluxes in baroclinically unstable jets

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1262-1272

  Pavan, Valentina ^a,c   Held, Isaac M ^b,d  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^d GFDL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDDY FLUX; JET STREAM; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; QUASI GEOSTROPHIC MODEL; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

EID: 0030481938     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1996)053<1262:TDAFEF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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