Nonhydrostatic atmospheric normal modes on beta-planes

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 160, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1315-1358

  Qian, Jian Hua ^a   Kasahara, Akira ^b  

^a Lamont Campus   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric waves; Equatorial plane; Equivalent height; Midlatitude plane; Nonhydrostatic effects; Normal modes

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; CLIMATE MODELING; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE;

EID: 0038291858     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000240300007     Document Type: Article

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