A linear theory of extratropical synoptic eddy statistics

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 237-258

  Whitaker, Jeffrey S ^a   Sardeshmukh, Prashant D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT FLUX; JETS; KINETIC THEORY; MARKOV PROCESSES; VORTEX FLOW;

COVARIANCE; EXTRATROPICAL SYNOPTIC EDDY STATISTICS; LINEAR THEORY; MOMENTUM;

STATISTICS;

BAROCLINIC ATMOSPHERE; EDDY; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY;

EID: 0031835110     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1998)055<0237:ALTOES>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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