Nonlinear baroclinic adjustment and wavenumber selection in a simple case

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1285-1302

  Welch, Wendell T ^a   Tung, Ka Kit ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

NONLINEAR BAROCLINIC ADJUSTMENT; WAVENUMBER SELECTION;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

ATMOSPHERE; WAVE;

ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; BAROCLINIC ADJUSTMENT; ZONAL WAVE;

EID: 0032052422     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1998)055<1285:NBAAWS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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