Equilibrium of a simple baroclinic flow in a β channel and on the sphere

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 19, 2000, Pages 3296-3314

  Caballero, R ^a   Sutera, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC WAVE; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE MODELING; EQUILIBRIUM; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC FLOW;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CHANNEL FLOW; TROPOSPHERE;

BAROCLINIC FLOW; CORIOLIS PARAMETER; EQUILIBRATION;

CLIMATOLOGY;

EID: 0033626033     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2000)057<3296:EOASBF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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