Nonlinear equilibration of barotropic waves in a zonally nonuniform current

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 136-149

  Kwon, H Joe ^a   Williams, R T ^b  

^a Kongju National University   (South Korea)

^b NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CLIMATOLOGY; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; KINETIC ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS;

BAROTROPIC WAVES; BICKLEY JET; NONLINEAR EQUILIBRATION;

WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC FLOW; CURRENT; WAVE;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; BAROTROPIC WAVE; CURRENT;

EID: 0034023588     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2000)057<0136:NEOBWI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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