Baroclinic instability in an euler equations-based column model: The coexistence of a deep synoptic-scale mode and shallow subsynoptic-scale modes

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 780-792

  Yamazaki, Yasuhiro H ^a,b   Peltier, W R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; HYDRODYNAMICS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES;

EULER EQUATIONS;

TROPOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; EULERIAN ANALYSIS; JET STREAM; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 0035304923     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2001)058<0780:BIIAEE>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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