Wavenumber-2 and wavenumber-m vortex Rossby wave instabilities in a generalized three-region model

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 16, 2002, Pages 2421-2427

  Terwey, Wesley D ^a   Montgomery, Michael T ^a  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HURRICANES; SHEAR STRESS;

AZIMUTHAL SHEAR;

ATMOSPHERICS;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; HURRICANE; INSTABILITY; ROSSBY WAVE; VORTEX;

EID: 0037104082     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2002)059<2421:WAWMVR>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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