Oscillatory instabilities to zonally varying barotropic flows

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 21, 2001, Pages 3135-3147

  Swanson, K L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ROSSBY WAVES;

VORTEX FLOW;

BAROTROPIC INSTABILITY; ROSSBY WAVE;

EID: 0035515174     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2001)058<3135:OITZVB>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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