On baroclinic adjustment of a radiative convective atmosphere

Annali di Geofisica

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 643-652

  Bordi, Isabella ^a   Sutera, Alfonso ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA   (Italy)

^c POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

Author keywords

Baroclinic; Climate; Equilibrium

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC MOTION; CLIMATE; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; RADIATIVE FORCING;

EID: 0032416368     PISSN: 03652556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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