Wave-packet resonance: Instability of a localized barotropic jet

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 823-836

  Mak, Mankin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RESONANCE; STABILITY; VELOCITY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

BAROTROPIC JET;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

BAROTROPIC INSTABILITY; BAROTROPIC MOTION; JET FLOW; RESONANCE;

EID: 0036326747     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2002)059<0823:WPRIOA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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