Thermally forced stationary axisymmetric flow on the f plane in a nearly frictionless atmosphere

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 19, 1998, Pages 3024-3041

  Wirth, Volkmar ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Meteorologisches Institut   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TROPOSPHERE; VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 0032455789     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1998)055<3024:TFSAFO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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