Gravity wave drag and global angular momentum: Geostrophic adjustment processes

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 419-425

  Egger, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; GRAVITY WAVE; MASS BALANCE; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 0142091258     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0870.2003.00024.x     Document Type: Article

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