Elliptical diagnostics of stratospheric polar vortices

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 123, Issue 542, 1997, Pages 1725-1748

  Waugh, Darryn W ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Isentropic analysis; Rossby waves; Tracer transport; Vortex structure; Wave breaking

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE; FLUID DYNAMICS; VORTEX;

ATMOSPHERE; FLUID DYNAMICS; VORTEX;

EID: 0031393869     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.54212     Document Type: Article

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