Reexamination of the structure of the ageostrophic wind in baroclinic waves

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 15, 1999, Pages 2512-2521

  Kwon, H Joe ^a   Lim, Gyu Ho ^b  

^a Kongju National University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STORMS; TROPOSPHERE;

AGEOSTROPHIC WIND; BAROCLINIC WAVES; ISALLOBARIC WIND; NEUTRAL MODE; ZONAL ASYMMETRY;

WIND;

AERODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC FLOW; PRESSURE GRADIENT;

AGEOSTROPHIC FLOW; BAROCLINIC WAVE; PRESSURE GRADIENT;

EID: 0032786272     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1999)056<2512:ROTSOT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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