Slow evolution of zonal jets on the beta plane

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 784-800

  Manfroi, A J ^a   Young, W R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRAG; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VISCOSITY; VORTEX FLOW;

BAROTROPIC SINUSOIDAL MERIDIONAL FLOW; BETA PLANE; FLOW STABILITY;

JETS;

EID: 0033096697     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1999)056<0784:SEOZJO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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