Nonaxisymmetric thermally driven circulations and upper-tropospheric monsoon dynamics

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1255-1276

  Juno Hsu, C ^a,b   Alan Plumb, R ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE; VORTEX FLOW;

ANTICYCLONES; MONSOONS;

WIND;

ANTICYCLONE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; MONSOON; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; SHALLOW-WATER EQUATION; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 0342264686     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2000)057<1255:ntdcau>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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