Relation between the meridional distribution of potential vorticity and the Lagrangian mean circulation in the troposphere

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 833-853

  Satoh, Masaki ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b SAITAMA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 0033368430     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/tellusa.v51i5.14496     Document Type: Conference Paper

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