Diagnostic evaluation of vertical motion forcing mechanisms by using Q-vector partitioning

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 126, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2166-2184

  Jusem, Juan Carlos ^a,b   Atlas, Robert ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b GENERAL SCIENCES CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIABATIC PROCESS; ATMOSPHERIC MOTION; PARTITIONING;

EID: 0032450037     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1998)126<2166:DEOVMF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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