Generation of zonal flows by Rossby waves in the atmosphere

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 241-244

  Onishchenko, O G ^a   Pokhotelov, O A ^a   Sagdeev, R Z ^b   Shukla, P K ^c   Stenflo, L ^d  

^a SCHMIDT INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS OF THE EARTH   (Russian Federation)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ROSSBY WAVE; WAVE PROPAGATION; ZONAL FLOW;

EID: 2442692636     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-11-241-2004     Document Type: Article

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