Weather-layer dynamics of baroclinic eddies and multiple jets in an idealized general circulation model

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 524-535

  O'Gorman, Paul A ^a   Schneider, Tapio ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; JETS; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

BAROCLINIC EDDIES; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; QUASIGEOSTROPHIC MODEL; ROSSBY DEFORMATION;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; JETS; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

BOUNDARY LAYER; EDDY; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; JET; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

EID: 40949121531     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JAS2280.1     Document Type: Article

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