A general, linear vertical structure equation for the vertical velocity component, including explicit forcing Properties, scalings and special cases

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 126, Issue 569, 2000, Pages 2709-2724

  Inverarity, G W ^a   Shutts, G J ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Inertia gravity waves; Quasi geostrophy; Vertical structure equation

Indexed keywords

FLOW VELOCITY; GRAVITY WAVE; NUMERICAL METHOD; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; VERTICAL PROFILE;

EID: 0033763762     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.49712656906     Document Type: Article

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