Topographic instability: Tests

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 670-680

  Egger, Joseph ^a   Hoinka, Klaus Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; LANDFORMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHY; WIND EFFECTS;

AXIAL ANGULAR MOMENTUM; MOUNTAIN TORQUES; TOPOGRAPHIC INSTABILITY; ZONAL MEAN WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; LANDFORMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHY; WIND EFFECTS;

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; ZONAL FLOW; ZONAL WIND;

ARCTIC; ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GREENLAND; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 40949138492     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JAS2311.1     Document Type: Article

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