A stochastic model for the angular momentum budget of latitude belts

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 7 II, 2005, Pages 2592-2601

  Egger, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DAMPING; FRICTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RANDOM PROCESSES; TORQUE;

ANGULAR MOMENTUM BUDGET; LANGEVIN EQUATION; LATITUDE BELTS; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

METEOROLOGY;

ANGULAR MOMENTUM;

EID: 27344448409     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3480.1     Document Type: Article

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