Is the time-mean Northern Hemisphere flow baroclinically unstable?

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 41-56

  Hall, Nicholas M J ^a,b   Sardeshmukh, Prashant D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC FLOW; BAROCLINIC ATMOSPHERE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE;

EID: 0031862086     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1998)055<0041:ITTMNH>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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