Resonant Rossby wave triads and the swinging spring

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 605-616+549

  Lynch, Peter ^a  

^a Irish Meteorological Service   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; GRAVITY WAVES; OCEANOGRAPHY; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND EFFECTS;

ROSSBY WAVES;

CLIMATOLOGY;

EID: 0038275762     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-84-5-605     Document Type: Article

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