Wave-mean flow feedback and the persistence of simulated zonal flow vacillation

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1274-1288

  Watterson, I G ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; JETS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; PHASE SHIFT; RANDOM PROCESSES; TROPOSPHERE;

VACILLATIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; BAROTROPIC WAVE; EDDY; ZONAL FLOW; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 0036540725     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2002)059<1274:WMFFAT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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