The contribution of organized roll vortices to the surface wind vector in baroclinic conditions

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1466-1472

  Foster, Ralph C ^a   Levy, Gad ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; VORTEX FLOW;

EKMAN LAYER; GEOSTROPHIC FORCING; THERMAL WINDS;

WIND;

BOUNDARY LAYER; GEOSTROPHIC WIND FIELD; WIND;

ADVECTION; BAROCLINITY; BOUNDARY LAYER; WIND;

EID: 0032051682     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1998)055<1466:TCOORV>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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