The response of westerly jets to thermal driving in a primitive equation model

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 3741-3757

  Son, Seok Woo ^a   Lee, Sukyong ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COOLING; GLOBAL WARMING; HEATING; JETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); STATISTICAL METHODS; TROPICS;

GLOBAL SPECTRAL MODEL; MOIST MODEL; STATISTICALLY STEADY STATE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; JET; WARMING; WESTERLY;

EID: 27344445636     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3571.1     Document Type: Article

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