A barotropic model of the angular momentum-Conserving potential vorticity staircase in spherical geometry

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1105-1136

  Dunkerton, Timothy J ^a   Scott, Richard K ^a  

^a NORTHWEST RESEARCH ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS; ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FLUXES; GEOMETRY; JETS; MIXING; MOMENTUM; OCEAN CURRENTS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SEPARATION; SOLUTIONS; STAIRS; SYSTEM STABILITY; VORTICITY;

ABSOLUTE VORTICITY; AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY (AMS); ANALYTICAL MODELLING; ARBITRARY NUMBERS; BAROTROPIC; BAROTROPIC MODELS; CASCADE (CO); CONSERVATION OF ENERGY; EDDY FLUXES; EVOLUTION (CO); FLOW ACCELERATIONS; FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS; LATITUDINAL VARIATIONS; LIMITING CASES; MIXING ZONES; MODE NUMBERS; NUMERICA L RESULTS; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; POTENTIAL VORTICITY (PV); RHINES SCALE; ROSSBY WAVES; SHALLOW WATERS; SPHERICAL GEOMETRIES; SQUARE ROOTING; STRENGTH (IGC: D5/D6); ZONAL JETS;

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; BAROTROPIC MOTION; JET STREAM; NUMERICAL MODEL; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; ROSSBY WAVE; WESTERLY; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 38349109983     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JAS2223.1     Document Type: Article

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