Evolution of small-scale filaments in an adaptive advection model for idealized tracer transport

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 128, Issue 8 II, 2000, Pages 2976-2982

  Behrens, J ^a   Dethloff, K ^b   Hiller, W ^b   Rinke, A ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; RESOLUTION; STRATOSPHERE; TRACER; VORTEX FLOW;

ARCTIC;

EID: 0033787811     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2000)128<2976:eossfi>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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