The effect of the continental boundary layer on the dynamics of fronts in a 2D model of baroclinic instability. II: Surface heating and cooling

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 131, Issue 610 B, 2005, Pages 2409-2429

  Reeder, Michael J ^a   Tory, Kevin J ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Baroclinic wave; Frontogenesis; Parametrization; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; HEAT FLUX; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WIND;

BAROCLINIC WAVE; FRONTOGENESIS; PARAMETERIZATION;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE;

BAROCLINIC MOTION; FRONTOGENESIS; HEATING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; TURBULENCE;

EID: 27144538053     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.04.27     Document Type: Article

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