The nonlinear interaction of barotropic and equatorial baroclinic Rossby waves

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 15, 2003, Pages 1809-1821

  Majda, Andrew J ^a   Biello, Joseph A ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Research Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; SHEAR WAVES;

ROSSBY WAVES;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BAROCLINIC WAVE; BAROTROPIC WAVE; NUMERICAL MODEL; ROSSBY WAVE; WAVE-WAVE INTERACTION; ZONAL FLOW;

EID: 0141461554     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2003)060<1809:TNIOBA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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