Structure and energetics of non-geostrophic non-hydrostatic baroclinic instability wave with and without convective heating

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1261-1279

  Yanase, Wataru ^a   Niino, Hiroshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; ENERGY BUDGET; HEATING; KINETIC ENERGY;

EID: 11244272792     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.2004.1261     Document Type: Article

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