A unified theory of balance in the extratropics

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 569, Issue , 2006, Pages 447-464

  Saujani, Simal ^a   Shepherd, Theodore G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; FLOW MEASUREMENT; NUMBER THEORY; VORTEX FLOW;

BOUSSINESQ EQUATIONS; FROUDE NUMBER; HYDROSTATIC BALANCE; ROSSBY NUMBER;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

ASPECT RATIO; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLUID DYNAMICS; NUMBER THEORY; VORTEX FLOW;

BOUSSINESQ EQUATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; FROUDE NUMBER; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; ROSSBY NUMBER;

EID: 33751039584     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112006002783     Document Type: Article

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