Dynamics of jet streaks in a stratified quasi-geostrophic atmosphere: Steady-state representations

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 130, Issue 600 PART A, 2004, Pages 1579-1609

  Cunningham, Philip ^a   Keyser, Daniel ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Ageostrophic circulations; Potential vorticity; Vortices

Indexed keywords

JETS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; VORTEX FLOW; WIND;

JET STREAKS; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC (QG) ATMOSPHERE;

TROPOSPHERE;

JET FLOW; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 3242754155     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.03.35     Document Type: Article

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