Mechanisms for wave packet formation and maintenance in a quasigeostrophic two-layer model

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 15, 1999, Pages 2457-2490

  Esler, J G ^a,b   Haynes, P H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

BAROCLINIC WAVE PACKETS; HYPERDIFFUSIVITY; QUASIGEOSTROPHIC TWO LAYER MODEL; SUPERCRITICALITY;

STORMS;

ATMOSPHERIC FLOW; JET FLOW; WAVE;

ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; EKMAN TRANSPORT; JET FLOW; WAVE MODELING;

EID: 0032779124     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(0)056<2457:MFWPFA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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