Analysis of an interactive instability mechanism for the Antarctic Circumpolar Wave

Journal of Climate

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1831-1844

  Baines, Peter G ^a   Cai, Wenju ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DENSITY; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; HEAT FLUX; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; THERMAL GRADIENTS; VELOCITY; WIND STRESS;

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR WAVE; BOROTROPIC ATMOSPHERE; SURFACE HEAT EXCHANGE; SURFACE HEAT FLUX; SURFACE WIND STRESS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR WAVE; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE MODELING;

EID: 0034210453     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2000)013<1831:AOAIIM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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