A 6-Yr climatology of vertical mean and shear components of kinetic energy for the Australian-South Pacific jet stream

Journal of Climate

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 283-291

  Eastin, Matthew D ^a,b   Vincent, Dayton G ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; JETS;

MEAN KINETIC ENERGY; SHEAR KINETIC ENERGY; TOTAL KINETIC ENERGY;

CLIMATOLOGY;

JET STREAM; KINETIC ENERGY; SUBTROPICAL JET;

AUSTRALIA; PACIFIC, (SOUTH);

EID: 0032004172     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1998)011<0283:AYCOVM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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