Analytical and numerical modelling of jet streaks: Barotropic dynamics

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 126, Issue 570, 2000, Pages 3187-3217

  Cunningham, P ^a   Keyser, D ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Jet streaks; Nondivergent barotropic model; Vortex dipoles

Indexed keywords

AGEOSTROPHIC FLOW; BAROTROPIC MOTION; JET STREAM; NUMERICAL MODEL; TROPOSPHERE; VORTICITY;

EID: 0034532995     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.57009     Document Type: Article

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