Zonal flow vacillation and bimodality of baroclinic eddy life cycles in a simple global circulation model

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 19, 1997, Pages 2349-2361

  Akahori, Koji ^a   Yoden, Shigeo ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; EARTH (PLANET); FLOW OF FLUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY;

BAROCLINIC EDDY; GLOBAL CIRCULATION;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERE; FLOW;

ATMOSPHERE; BAROCLINIC EDDIES; GCM; ZONAL FLOW;

EID: 0031251724     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1997)054<2349:ZFVABO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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