Multiple jets as PV staircases: The phillips effect and the resilience of eddy-transport barriers

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 855-874

  Dritschel, D G ^a   McIntyre, Michael E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BUOYANCY; FLOW VELOCITY; SHEAR STRAIN; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; VORTEX FLOW; VORTICITY;

EDDY-TRANSPORT BARRIERS; PHILLIPS EFFECT; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; ROSSBY WAVE;

JETS;

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BUOYANCY; FLOW VELOCITY; JETS; SHEAR STRAIN; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; VORTEX FLOW; VORTICITY;

BUOYANCY; EDDY; JET FLOW; JET STREAM; JUPITER; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; PLANETARY SURFACE; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; RESILIENCE; ROSSBY WAVE; VORTICITY;

EID: 40549125903     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JAS2227.1     Document Type: Review

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