The divergence fields associated with time-dependent jet streams

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1843-1857

  Ziv, Baruch ^a,b   Paldor, Nathan ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; JETS; TWO DIMENSIONAL; WIND;

DIVERGENCE FIELDS; TIME DEPENDENT JET STREAMS;

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE;

JET STREAM; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIME DEPENDENT BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0032694724     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1999)056<1843:TDFAWT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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