Application of Bretherton's interpretation of baroclinic instability in the presence of horizontal shear and compressibility

Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans

Volumn 27, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 151-160

  Blumen, William ^a   Barcilon, Albert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE; CHANNEL; COMPRESSIBLE FLUID; STABILITY;

BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; COMPRESSIBILITY; CYCLONE WAVE; LONGWAVE; NON-BOUSSINESQ-EADY MODEL; SHEAR; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY;

EID: 0031881866     PISSN: 03770265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0377-0265(97)00005-5     Document Type: Article

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