Axial angular momentum: Vertical fluxes and response to torques

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 132, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1294-1305

  Egger, Joseph ^a   Hoinka, Klaus Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; FRICTION; HEAT FLUX; TORQUE;

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; POSITIVE FRICTION TORQUE;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; OROGRAPHY;

EID: 2442660044     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2004)132<1294:AAMVFA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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