The counter-propagating Rossby-wave perspective on baroclinic instability. Part IV: Nonlinear life cycles

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 131, Issue 608, 2005, Pages 1425-1440

  Methven, J ^a   Hoskins, B J ^a   Heifetz, E ^b   Bishop, C H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific   (United States)

Author keywords

Home bases; Self induced phase speed; Wave breaking; Zonal propagation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; FLOW INTERACTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STABILITY; VORTEX FLOW; WAVE PROPAGATION;

BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; HOME-BASES; SELF-INDUCED PHASE SPEED; WAVE BREAKING; ZONAL PROPAGATION;

METEOROLOGY;

BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; ROSSBY WAVE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 27644539289     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.04.23     Document Type: Article

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