Synoptic and frontal-cyclone scale instabilities in baroclinic jet flows

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1316-1335

  Garnier, Elodie ^a   Métais, Olivier ^a   Lesieur, Marcel ^a  

^a LEGI   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; JETS; METEOROLOGY; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STATISTICAL METHODS; VORTEX FLOW;

BOUSSINESQ EQUATIONS; CYCLOGENESIS EVENTS;

STORMS;

ATMOSPHERE; CYCLONE; FLOW; JET;

ATMOSPHERIC FLOW; BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; CYCLOGENESIS; JET; VORTICITY;

EID: 0032052893     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1998)055<1316:SAFCSI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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