Adjustment to injections of mass, momentum, and heat in a compressible atmosphere

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 2749-2769

  Chagnon, Jeffrey M ^a,b   Bannon, Peter R ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; BUOYANCY; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VORTEX FLOW;

COMPRESSIBLE ATMOSPHERE; DIVERGENT MOMENTUM; POTENTIAL VORTICITY;

METEOROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; MOMENTUM TRANSFER;

EID: 20444475096     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3503.1     Document Type: Article

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