Baroclinic Eady wave and fronts. Part II: Geostrophic potential vorticity dynamics in semigeostrophic space

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 861-872

  Xu, Qin ^a,c,d   Gu, Wei ^b  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Rational Severe Storms Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; METEOROLOGY; WAVEFRONTS;

EADY WAVE; GEOSTROPHIC POTENTIAL VORTICITY; SEMIGEOSTROPHIC SPACE;

SURFACE WAVES;

AERODYNAMICS; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; VORTICITY;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; BAROCLINIC WAVE; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; VORTICITY;

EID: 0034063217     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2000)057<0861:BEWAFP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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