Linear anelastic equations for atmospheric vortices

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2947-2959

  Hodyss, Daniel ^a   Nolan, David S ^b  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BUOYANCY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAVITY WAVES; LINEAR EQUATIONS; STORMS; VORTICITY;

ANELASTIC VORTEX MODEL; ATMOSPHERIC VORTICES; MULTIPLE-SCALING TECHNIQUE;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BUOYANCY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAVITY WAVES; LINEAR EQUATIONS; STORMS; VORTICITY;

ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; BAROCLINIC MOTION; BUOYANCY; GRAVITY WAVE; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; ROSSBY WAVE; THERMODYNAMICS; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VORTEX;

EID: 34548181396     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3991.1     Document Type: Article

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