A nonlinear baroclinic wave-mean oscillation with multiple normal mode instabilities

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1186-1199

  Samelson, R M ^a   Wolfe, C L ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAROMETERS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; ITERATIVE METHODS; OSCILLATIONS; VECTORS;

FLOQUET VECTORS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; NONLINEAR WAVE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OSCILLATION; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC FLOW;

EID: 0037980358     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2003)060<1186:ANBWOW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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