An equivalent isobaric geopotential height and its application to synoptic analysis and a generalized co equation in a coordinates

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 145-172

  Chen, Qiu Shi ^a   Bromwich, David H ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOPOTENTIAL; PRESSURE GRADIENT; MOUNTAIN REGION; NUMERICAL METHOD; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

EID: 0033055212     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1999)127<0145:AEIGHA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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