Linear stability of modons on a sphere

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 16, 2001, Pages 2280-2305

  Neven, E C ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; OSCILLATIONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; TOPOLOGY; VELOCITY; WAVES;

ROTATING SPHERE;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; BAROTROPIC INSTABILITY; EIGENVALUE; ROSSBY WAVE;

EID: 0035880389     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2001)058<2280:LSOMOA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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