Large-scale modes of the tropical atmosphere. Part II: Analytical modeling of Kelvin waves using the CAPE closure

Geofizika

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 43-55

  Fuchs, Željka ^a   Marki, Antun ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

CAPE; Kelvin waves

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BAROCLINIC MODE; KELVIN WAVE; POTENTIAL ENERGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TROPICAL METEOROLOGY;

EID: 34548406618     PISSN: 03523659     EISSN: 18466346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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