Equatorial superrotation and barotropic instability: Static stability variants

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1548-1557

  Williams, Gareth P ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; DIFFUSION; HEATING; JETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STABILITY; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

BAROTROPIC INSTABILITY; FLATTER EQUATORIAL JET; SUPERROTATION FLUXES; TROPOSPHERIC STATIC STABILITY;

METEOROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERICS; DIFFUSION; HEATING; JETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY; STABILITY; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BAROTROPIC INSTABILITY; MODEL; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 33744481541     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3711.1     Document Type: Article

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