Dynamical forcing of stratospheric planetary waves by tropospheric baroclinic eddies

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 14, 1998, Pages 2361-2392

  Scinocca, J F ^a,b   Haynes, P H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TROPOSPHERE;

PLANETARY WAVES; STRATOSPHERE; WAVE PACKETS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

BAROCLINIC MOTION; PLANETARY WAVE; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 0032221933     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1998)055<2361:DFOSPW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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