Experiments on transitions of baroclinic waves in a differentially heated rotating annulus

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1033-1041

  von Larcher, Th ^a   Egbers, C ^a  

^a BRANDENBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOTION; BAROCLINIC WAVE; JET STREAM;

EID: 30744451413     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: 16077946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-12-1033-2005     Document Type: Article

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