Linear baroclinic instability in extended regime geostrophic models

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1579-1593

  Smith, K Shafer ^a   Vallis, Geoffrey K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VORTEX FLOW;

GEOSTROPHIC MODELS; LINEAR BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; OCEANIC CIRCULATION;

EID: 0033149871     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1999)056<1579:LBIIER>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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