Permeability of the stratospheric vortex edge: on the mean mass flux due to thermally dissipating, steady, non-breaking Rossby waves

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 124, Issue 550, 1998, Pages 2129-2148

  Ruping, M O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ROSSBY WAVE; STRATOSPHERE; VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 0032428231     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.49712455015     Document Type: Article

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