Vacillations in a shallow-water model of the stratosphere

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1174-1185

  Rong, Ping Ping ^a   Waugh, Darryn W ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTOUR MEASUREMENT; RELAXATION PROCESSES; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VORTEX FLOW; WIND EFFECTS;

FORCING; POLAR VORTEX; SHALLOW-WATER; VACILLATIONS;

UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

POLAR VORTEX; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; ROSSBY WAVE; SHALLOW-WATER EQUATION; STRATOSPHERE; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 2942574348     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2004)061<1174:VIASMO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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