The mass flux across the tropopause: Quasi-geostrophic theory

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 123, Issue 537, 1997, Pages 71-99

  Juckes, M N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Baroclinic eddies; Meridional circulation; Tropopause exchange

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION; VORTICITY; WAVE;

BAROCLINIC WAVE; MASS FLUX; MERIDONAL CIRCULATION; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; QUASI GEOSTROPHIC THEORY; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOPAUSE; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 0031437431     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.53702     Document Type: Article

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