A new look at the pseudo-incompressible solution to Lamb's problem of hydrostatic adjustment

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 995-998

  Almgren, Ann S ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; VELOCITY;

HYDROSTATIC ADJUSTMENT; LAMBS PROBLEM; PSEUDO INCOMPRESSIBLE SOLUTION;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; HYDROSTATICS; WARMING;

EID: 0034176024     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2000)057<0995:ANLATP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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