Generalized nonlinear balance criteria and inertial stability

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 967-985

  Knox, John A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICYCLONE; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; INERTIAL STABILITY; LARGE SCALE; VORTICITY;

EID: 0031461382     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1997)054<0967:GNBCAI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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