Constraints on the mean mass transport across potential vorticity contours

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 942-947

  Bühler, Oliver ^a,b   Haynes, Peter H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; FRICTION; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POTENTIAL FLOW; STEADY FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

POTENTIAL VORTICITY CONTOURS; VERTICAL ADVECTION;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

MASS TRANSPORT; POLAR VORTEX; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 18844468628     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1999)056<0942:COTMMT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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