Analysis of an idealized, three-dimensional diabatic Rossby vortex: A coherent structure of the moist baroclinic atmosphere

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 2703-2725

  Moore, Richard W ^a,b   Montgomery, Michael T ^a  

^a Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and School of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

^b ETH Zurich   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VORTEX FLOW;

BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; BAROCLINICITY; DIABATIC ROSSBY VORTEX;

METEOROLOGY;

BAROCLINIC MOTION; ROSSBY WAVE; VORTEX;

EID: 26244439478     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3472.1     Document Type: Article

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