The Gill model and the weak temperature gradient approximation

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 451-460

  Bretherton, Christopher S ^a   Sobel, Adam H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COOLING; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HEATING;

ADIABATIC COOLING;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; KELVIN WAVE; ROSSBY WAVE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY;

EID: 0242338608     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2003)060<0451:TGMATW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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