Resonance in optimal perturbation evolution. Part II: Effects of a nonzero mean PV gradient

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 695-710

  de Vries, Hylke ^a,b   Opsteegh, J D ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RESONANCE; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; VORTICITY;

CHARNEY MODEL; EADY MODEL; OPTIMAL PERTURBATIONS; POTENTIAL VORTICITY BUILDING BLOCKS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RESONANCE; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; VORTICITY;

ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; MODELING; OPTIMIZATION; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; TROPOPAUSE; TROPOSPHERE; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 34147126539     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3868.1     Document Type: Article

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