The role of momentum fluxes in shaping the life cycle of a baroclinic wave

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 510-533

  Balasubramanian, G ^a,c   Garner, Stephen T ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METEOROLOGY; MOMENTUM; WAVE;

BAROCLINIC WAVE; CARTESIAN GEOMETRY; MOMENTUM FLUX; SPHERICAL GEOMETRY; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY;

EID: 0031438813     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1997)054<0510:TROMFI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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