Energetics of a symmetric circulation including momentum constraints

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 2019-2028

  Codoban, Sorin ^a   Shepherd, Theodore G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; GRAVITATION; HAMILTONIANS; POTENTIAL ENERGY;

MOMENTUM CONSTRAINTS;

ATMOSPHERICS;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ENERGY; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 0141794703     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2003)060<2019:EOASCI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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