Jet sets

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 439-476

  Williams, G P ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BAROCLINIC MOTION; HADLEY CELL; JET FLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 0242658886     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.81.439     Document Type: Article

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