On divergent barotropic and inertial instability in zonal-mean flow profiles

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 758-776

  Winter, Th ^a,b   Schmitz, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAROTROPIC UNSTABILITY; TROPOSPHERE; ZONAL FLOW;

EID: 0031860857     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1998)055<0758:ODBAII>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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